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Alistair Trigg
Mar 06, 2019Brass Contributor
Access Denied - Sharing Folders
Hi I am trying to share a folder on our sharepoint site with an external users. I provide the link and they are asked to confirm their email and enter the code. This is successful, the folder wit...
Paul Chapman
Mar 06, 2019Iron Contributor
Is it possible that there is an asset on the page/site that has different permissions to the rest of the page? A site icon for instance that comes from a library/web with restricted permissions?
Alistair Trigg
Mar 06, 2019Brass Contributor
Hi
Thanks for your reply. I'm trying to share a folder inside a folder. I only see the folder contents for a few seconds none of the rest of the site. I only want the external user to have access to the specified folder and that's way I used the sharing link. I can't see what else is blocking it.
Alistair
- Paul ChapmanMar 06, 2019Iron ContributorSo you can see the folder and surrounding page yourself but when using the sharing link (not logged in?) you have the access denied problem? It still sounds to me like there is something on the page that has different permissions. Are there custom scripts? Page headers or site icons from a different site?
It may be worth trying to use Fiddler to see what specific asset(s) are getting access denied? This link looks good, you'd just need to follow the first section (Install and configure Fiddler) then log into Chrome using the sharing link and look for the red access denied alerts https://cann0nf0dder.wordpress.com/2016/09/12/getting-fiddler-to-work-with-sharepoint-online/- Alistair TriggMar 06, 2019Brass Contributor
Hi
Thanks. I will have a look. the Access Denied measure states that the user doesn't have permission to access this resource. I assume by resource that could mean anything on the page as use suggested
- Mar 07, 2019Have the user try in an incognito browser. If that doesn’t work then I concur with something showing up. In the past this used to happen with the created by and modified by columns due to file hover cards trying to render and t
Guests couldn’t access.
Try incognito.
Check if your using “lookup columns” as additional columns.
If it’s standard out of box library edit your default view try removing any of the created by and modified by columns and see what happens. It’s possible this bug has reared its head again.