Addpermissionpolicy: Stsadm operation (Office SharePoint Server)
Updated: June 14, 2007
Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007
Updated: 2007-06-14
Operation name: Addpermissionpolicy
Adds a user to a policy role for the Web application based on the specified permission level name and corresponding zone. This operation is the command-line equivalent of the process used on the Policy for Web Application page in the SharePoint Central Administration Web site.
Syntax
stsadm -o addpermissionpolicy
-url <URL name>
-userlogin <login name>
-permissionlevel <permission policy level>
[-zone] <URL zone>
[-username] <display name>
Parameters
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Parameter |
Value |
Required? |
Description |
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url |
A valid URL, such as http://server_name |
Yes |
The URL of the Web application to which the policy level is being added |
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userlogin |
A valid user name in the form: Domain\user_name. For non-Windows accounts, a valid user name in the form: providerName:user_name |
Yes |
The user login name |
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permissionlevel |
A valid permission policy level to add to the permission policy. For example, Full Control, Full Read, Deny Write, or Deny All. |
Yes |
Specifies the appropriate permission policy level to grant or deny to this user. When you grant a permission, it gives the user the granted permission. However, when you deny a permission, it prevents a user from ever having this permission.
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zone |
A valid zone, such as "Default" |
No |
When the zone parameter is not present, the policy applies to all zones. Only Windows NT accounts can be applied to all zones. Accounts in the format of providerName:user_name cannot be used for the all-zone policy. |
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username |
A valid user name in the form of: Firstname Lastname |
No |
The user or display name for the policy. If the user name is specified, it will be used; otherwise Active Directory is queried to resolve a user name. |

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