Getting 403 forbidden error when we click on Search Settings page.
Hello All,
When I was working with customer we were getting this following error, Please follow this below steps to resolve the issue.
ERROR MESSAGE:
Getting 403 forbidden error when we click on Search Settings page.
RESOLUTION:
- Newly added an Index server to the farm and started the search services successfully.
- When we click on the search settings page getting 403 forbidden error.
- Found that when we add the SSP credential account to Local admin of Index server we were able to crawl and open the search settings page.
- Told me that don't want to add the SSP credential account to Local admin.
- Removed the user from the admin group and did the IISRESET.
- Checked the SSP search settings page got an 403 error.
- Already followed the KB 926959.
- Ran the Psconfig -cmd secureresources and checked the Search settings getting same error.
- Ran the Procmon on the Index box and reproduced the issue and checked the procmon didn't get to see any access denied error message.
- Checked the SearchAdmin.asmx file permission it was correct.
- Checked the permission level of Searchsspsettings.aspx page and it was correct.
- Followed the KB 934838 and added the SSP account into WSS_Admin_WPG.
- Added the Search service account into IIS_WPG & WSS_Admin_WPG and reset the IIS.
- Accessed the SSP Search settings page and we were able to open the Search settings page without any error.