The ability to grant permissions within Sharepoint is powerful, flexible, and yet easy to view and maintain.
Casual visitors can read and navigate a great deal of the site. This is referred to as "Anonymous Access"
The term "Authenticated Users" describes a visitor who has provided their Domain login name and password as defined in the Mount Saint Francis network system. The administrator of the Domain is the only one authorized to create new login names.
There are some locations on this site that are password protected to respect the privacy or needs of different groups. You may or may not have access depending on your relationship with these different groups. If you have been authenticated but do not have access to the area you are trying to visit, the site will display a form where you can contact the administrator for that particular site and grant you a different level of access.
Password credentials may be entered in one of several ways. A login box appears the upper right corner of the website. Click on the button and a login screen will appear. Alternatively, when you click on a password-protected area, and the same challenge will appear.
To login, enter the following:
stfrancis_int\(your system user name)
Your password is the same as your system password.
If working at your own computer, not a public or shared computer, you may elect to click the remember password button so that you do not have to repeat this step in the future.
Persons are granted authority by associating their login name with a "Site Group" that has been given a set of permissions. You can create new Site Groups to assign different permissions based on your needs. Sharepoint comes with four standard site groups:
- Read Only – Everyone has anonymous access to public pages, but certain areas such as “Administration” require authentication before they can be read.
- Contributor - This type of person can add content to existing document libraries and lists, but can not modify the site to add or arrange parts.
- Web designer – This type of person can create lists and document libraries and customize pages in the Web site, but can not add users or install parts or templates.
- Administrator - The administrator of the site or sub site has complete control over all aspects of the area.
Since each site can have it’s own security configuration, there are administrators over each sub site that may not have permission to modify the parent or child sites.