Was asked today about this and thought it high time I blogged it.. As I understand it, Sharepoints blocked file types is a file extension blocker,not a content blocker.
For example, if you wanted to block AVI files, and you renamed the extension AVI to MPX that the AVI file would still be blocked – thats not correct. If you need to block files based on the content you’ll need to use a product like ForeFront Security for SharePoint.
It can also block files that contain bad language or terms you configure with it’s content filtering mechanism. As for uploading, there isn’t an OOB configuration you can make on a list or library to restrict the uploading of specific content types.
I would look at programmatically limiting the upload function to specific file types – for example, you could build a directive that activates everytime a new document is uploaded and delete the document if it´s from a specific file type. Am going to do a bit more digging on this and will update this blog entry again soon.
Introduction.
Trying to extract a GUID from a site component directly is a hassle. And the developers always asked for a GUID from a list etc. Options was to give them Design Rights to a List so they could use the ahem ‘Famous’ hack of extracting it from the List Settings, or writing a script! I thought, aha, a script sounds better, but lets give it some options!
GEGETLISTID gets the list title, description, number of items in the list, the list items (and optionally the ability to turn that output off) and of course, the List ID! It works against all components of the site, e.g. Shared Documents, Calendars, Tasks, Web Parts List, etc. GEGETLISTID works against a site, do you must enter the name of the site when running the command.
The output can be pushed to a text file of your choice or by default goes to GEGETLIST.TXT
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Project Management – A Process This is a map showing a project management process – note this is not directly Prince 2(tm) related but marries up with that methodology.
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A simple diagram showing a physical framework showing the request-serve model for Sharepoint 2010, showing the content data paths and much more.
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Introduction.
This little nifty and FREE application allows SharePoint administrators to list group membership and ownership for all users or specfic against all or specific sites and subsites! Works for SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010.
List User Rights against all sites, or a specific site or a specific with site against a specific user ID and with the ability to select users against a specific permission. Updated to run against version .6237
Usage:
GEGetRights -w [url] -u [userid] -o [rights] -f [outputfilename]
Example 1: GEGetRights -w http://mysharepointsite This will display all users within that site and subsites and list all user rights in them.
Example 2: GEGetRights -w http://mysharepointsite -u MYDomain/MyUserID This will display rights for the user Login Account (e.g. MYDomain/MyUserID could mean MYAD/Fredbloggs) against the http://mysharepointsite and subsites.
Example 3: GEGetRights -f c:\rightsfile.txt Will display all users against all sites and subsites and list all user rights in them and write the results to the filename c:\rightsfile.txt
Example 4: GEGetRights -o FC This will run against all sites looking for anyone who has Full Rights, either at group or user permissions level.
Using the -a parameter:
-a overrides any other parameter.
Using the -o parameter:
FC = Full Control
HC = Content Heirachy
CN = Contributor
DE = Designer
AP = Approve
How to use?
Simply run the application on any of the sharepoint servers in your farm using the switches provided.
Oh yes, I need to mention that you should watch out for this tools older brother which is a GUI with lots more options – for example, the ability to set rights on users team site access without having to visit the site!
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