Peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection: Stsadm property (Office SharePoint Server)
Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007
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Topic Last Modified: 2015-03-09
Displays only users that are members of the site collection.
Only users that are already added to the site collection are displayed in the People Picker. This prevents anyone from using the People Picker to browse a different user directory.
Typically, users that are already added to a site collection are displayed in the People Picker. This prevents anyone from using the People Picker to browse a different user directory. However, in a hosting scenario, you do not want end users to be able to search users from Active Directory; you only want the end users be able to search users that are already in the site collection.
Note
Users can search Active Directory using a fully qualified logon name, regardless of this property setting.
Syntax
The syntax for the setproperty operation is:
stsadm -o setproperty
-propertyname peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection
-propertyvalue {Yes | No}
[-url] <URL>
The syntax for the getproperty operation is:
stsadm -o getproperty
propertyname peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection
[-url] <URL>
Note
You can substitute -pn for -propertyname and -pv for -propertyvalue.
Values
The following table shows possible values.
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
propertyname |
Gets or sets the name of the property. |
propertyvalue |
Yes: Permits a user to search within their site collection. No: Does not permit a user to search within their site collection. |
url |
Typically, a path to the URL of the Web application, in the form http://server_name. |
Examples
Display users within a site collection
If you want users to be able to search within a site collection, use the following syntax:
stsadm -o setproperty –url http://<server> –pn peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection –pv yes
If you do not want users to be able to search within a site collection, use the following syntax:
stsadm -o setproperty –url http://<server> –pn peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection –pv no
To view the current setting for the onlysearchwithinsitecollection property, use the following syntax:
stsadm -o getproperty -pn peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection