SharePoint Site is Read-only to Everyone: Including Farm Administrator, Site Collection Owner
Ever faced this odd problem? where SharePoint Site is read-only to every one.. Including Farm Administrator, Site Collection Administrator.. They would only have basic permissions & various OK buttons were greyed out.
This is because, Sharepoint site collection/database into Read Only mode! To unlock the Sharepoint site either use Central Admin Site quota page or stsadm.
Central Administration
Go to Application Management >> SharePoint Site Management >> Site collection quotas and locks >> Select the correct web application and site collection >> Set the lock status of the collection (it most likely will be set to "Read-only", and you'll need to move that radio button to "Not locked").
Stsadm
stsadm -o -setsitelock -url http://teamsites.Crescent.com/sites/abc -lock None
That's all!
Tail: This may happen when the content Database is in read-only mode or in Single user Mode!
By the way, If you want to set a Site collection to Read-only you can use the above option. Just set the lock status to "Read-only".
This is because, Sharepoint site collection/database into Read Only mode! To unlock the Sharepoint site either use Central Admin Site quota page or stsadm.
Central Administration
Go to Application Management >> SharePoint Site Management >> Site collection quotas and locks >> Select the correct web application and site collection >> Set the lock status of the collection (it most likely will be set to "Read-only", and you'll need to move that radio button to "Not locked").
Stsadm
stsadm -o -setsitelock -url http://teamsites.Crescent.com/sites/abc -lock None
That's all!
Tail: This may happen when the content Database is in read-only mode or in Single user Mode!
By the way, If you want to set a Site collection to Read-only you can use the above option. Just set the lock status to "Read-only".
Want to Set the Entire SharePoint Web Application, Farm to Read-only? Refer my another article: Set SharePoint Web Application or Farm to Read Only Mode
SharePoint Site is Read-only to Everyone: Including Farm Administrator, Site Collection Owner
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June 02, 2011
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June 02, 2011
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Wow! This was a Real time saver.
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