Special Edition Using Microsoft® SharePoint Portal Server

Access Account Options

When discussing the concept of Access Accounts within SharePoint Portal Server, there are two types of access accounts that can be discussed. They are the previously discussed default content access account and the propagation access account. As an index is created, SharePoint Portal Server will take advantage of the current security associated with Web sites and servers. SharePoint Portal Server must have an access account specified in the list view of the Account property page of the server. When indexes for content outside the workspace are created, SharePoint Portal Server uses this default content access account to access the remote server. In order for this to happen, the default account requires Read permissions ...