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Assignment of security to content.

Permission is the assignment of security to content. A user is either authorized to read, contribute or own content or not authorized to access the content. Permission can be set on all levels in SharePoint from site collection to individual item.

Default permission levels are predefined sets of permissions that you can assign to individual users, groups of users, or security groups, based on the functional requirements of the users and on security considerations. SharePoint Server permission levels are defined at the site collection level and are inherited from the parent object by default. You can read more about default permissions in sharepoint, here.

Questions having the tag regards every aspect of permission to content.

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How to change programmatically privileges/permissions on SPListItem

I must solve this problem: I have a list in which there are stored some SPListItem. On this list a group(AllReplyers) has the "Contribute" privilege, so that everybody can add file. When a user add an element, i want this element to be modifiable…
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Hide Site Content for Visitors

I am in a need to hide the Site Content option completely from site for Visitors. Can anyone help me how I can achieve this goal? How to hide Site Content only for Visitors or a particular security group in SharePoint 2013?
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New Web Application button disabled

I have a clean installation of Sharepoint 2010 running in a Win 7 machine and I can't create Web Applications because the New button in the ribbon is disabled. The user account I'm logged in is a local server admin and a farm admin. The site is in…
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How to set permissions on one page only in site?

I have created a site within sharepoint portal. I have two pages that only one user can access it. How do I add permissions for this page only?
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Full Control and Limited Access security, huh?

If I look at the site permissions of a site I can see that some people have both Full Control and Limited Access. The two seem to contradict each other. How can someone have Full Control yet also have Limited Access?
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Change group permission level

How can I change a group permission level? In Site > Site Settings > My group I can see all the members. Add and remove members is possible. In Settings > Show Group's authorization I can see (but not modify) that the level is "Collaboration". How…
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Prevent folder creation?

Can end users be prevented from creating folders in document libraries (in specific site collections) without preventing them from adding files to existing folders?
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What exactly does the "Browse Directories" permission do?

Ive been having a mysterious access denied error for site owners when they try to edit content query web parts on their sites, but site collection owners have no issues. I ended up creating a copy of the limited access permission set and added…
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When I upload a document in Sharepoint others don't see it even though they have permission

In our sharepoint subsite, I created a folder in the Document Library and shared it with key people. No one can see what's being shared. Everyone can upload files but no one can see who has uploaded what. I checked the permission level and key…
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Best Practice for Dynamically changing Item-Level permissions?

Can you share your opinion on the best practice for Dynamically changing item permissions? For example, given this scenario: Item Creator can create an initial item. After item creator creates, the item becomes read-only for him. Other users can…
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Grant external users access to sharepoint external facing site

Can some please tell me how to grant external users access to SharePoint external facing site? I have a SharePoint 2013 Enterprise Standalone server.
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It's cleanup time but How?

A user has left the company and I been finding her many different places from main portal http://portal.inhouse.ca to all the site collections, sub sites and SP groups.. Is there a powershell way to delete her from everywhere? (domain\jsmith)
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Why can't I create a Permissions Level?

I'd like to create a custom Permission Level, or edit one, but I'm not presented with options to. According to the help documentation, I should see an "Add Permission Level" button or something similar but none is available. Here's what I'm…
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Restore Item-Level permission inheritance by Bulk

We have an Document Library (a) with folders (b), subfolders (c) and subsubfolders (d) with documents (e) in it. All with a unique permissions set (a huge pita, came from a LiveLink env which was migrated to SharePoint). Is there a way to restore…
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Is there a way to add users in bulk?

I would like to add 20-30 users to a SharePoint site (Members group). Unfortunately, the Add Users interface is excruciatingly slow (nearly a minute to browse for a single user). Can it be done in bulk?
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