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Article ID: 967135 - Last Review: March 12, 2009 - Revision: 1.1
The Check Names function does not honor the Peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection setting in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
You use the following command to set the
Peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection setting in Windows SharePoint
Services 3.0.
stsadm -o setproperty –url http://webapp –pn peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection –pv yes
However, the Check Names function does not honor the
Peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection setting. For example, if you enter
a user name in the
People Picker text box and then click
Check Names, the entered
user name will be looked up in Active Directory by the ActiveDirectorySid
resolver.
To resolve this issue install the hotfix package that is described
in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
961750Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=961750/
)
Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package (Sts.msp): February 24, 2009
After you install this hotfix, you will be able to
force Check Names to look up users from the site collection only. You have to
use
stsadm or SharePoint Object Model to add new users to the site collection
after this new behavior is enabled. Also, you have to follow these steps to set
the new
PeopleEditorOnlyResolveWithinSiteCollection property and to enable the new
behavior on a Web application:
- Visit the following Microsoft Web site and download Windows
PowerShell:
- Install and then start Windows PowerShell.
- Run the following command to set this new
PeopleEditorOnlyResolveWithinSiteCollection property and to enable the new
behavior on a Web application.
[Reflection.Assembly]::Load("Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c")
$webapp=[Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication]::Lookup("http://webapp")
$webapp.PeoplePickerSettings.PeopleEditorOnlyResolveWithinSiteCollection = $true;
$webapp.Update();
For more information about
Peoplepicker: Stsadm properties,
visit the following Microsoft Web site:
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
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