Users are not able to login to sharepoint site except farm admin after changing authentication from classic to claims.
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Friday, September 14, 2012 9:09 AM
Users are not able to login to sharepoint site except farm admin after changing authentication from classic to claims.
It keeps prompting for UN/PW and finally shows blank page.Note: All users were using the site and are in proper sharepoint groups before changing authentication mode.
Thanks,
Abhilash
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Friday, September 14, 2012 2:51 PMCan you describe a bit about how you changed the authentication method from classic to claims? Did you follow a guide or some other documentation?
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Friday, September 14, 2012 3:14 PM
I was not involved in the migration but i know one of the article they followed was http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg251985.aspx.
Thanks,
Abhilash -
Friday, September 14, 2012 3:48 PM
Do you know if they performed step 7?
$wa.MigrateUsers($true)
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Friday, September 14, 2012 4:18 PM
Yes, I can see users name with all special chars..
Thanks,
Abhilash -
Friday, September 14, 2012 8:21 PMAre they prompted multiple times or just once before the blank page loads?
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Monday, September 17, 2012 6:17 AM
They are prompted multiple times and then the blank page.
Thanks,
Abhilash -
Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:39 AMModerator
Hi,
If you reback to classic, do the users login ok?
Reverting Claim Based Authentication to Classic Mode Authentication
http://sharepointegg.blogspot.com/2011/01/reverting-claim-based-authentication-to.html
Meanwhile, you may refer to the articles below.
Fix access denied errors for Claims-based authentication sites for users with permissions
http://sharepointryan.com/2012/02/01/fix-access-denied-errors-for-claims-based-authentication-sites-for-users-with-permissions/Setting the super user account on SharePoint 2010 and getting Access Denied errors afterwards
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/andrasg/archive/2010/09/30/setting-the-super-user-account-on-sharepoint-2010-and-getting-access-denied-errors-afterwards.aspxHope that helps.
Ivan-Liu
TechNet Community Support
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Friday, September 21, 2012 8:37 AM
We did previous backup restore and migrated to cliams. it works now.
Not sure what caused issue last time. Thanks for all replies.
Thanks,
Abhilash- Proposed As Answer by Hemendra AgrawalMicrosoft Community Contributor, Moderator Friday, September 21, 2012 8:45 AM
- Marked As Answer by Qiao WeiMicrosoft Contingent Staff, Moderator Saturday, September 22, 2012 4:16 PM

