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426 Part V: Administration of Windows SharePoint Services
local machine administrator) or a member of the SharePoint administrators group,
rather than a member of a site’s Administrator site group.
Customizing Rights for Site Groups
You can create a new site group or customize an existing site group (except for the
Guest and Administrator site groups, which cannot be customized) to include only the
rights you want. For example, if you want only the Web Designers to be able to edit
lists on the site, you can remove the Edit Items right from the Contributor site group.
Some rights depend on other rights. You must be able to view items before you
can edit items. If a right is removed from a site group, any rights dependent on that
right are also deleted. For example, when the View Items right is deleted, the Add
Items, Edit Items, and Delete Items rights are also deleted. In the same way, if you
add a right that requires another right, the required right is also added. So, if you
grant the Edit Items right to a user, the View Items right is granted automatically.
Using HTML Administration Pages to Manage Site Groups
You can manage site groups from the Site Administration page for your Web site. To
manage site groups, follow the Manage Site Groups link on the Site Administration
page to the Manage Site Groups page. (See Figure 16-17.) On this page, you can
view a list of site groups, change which rights are included in a site group, add a
new site group, or delete a site group.
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Figure 16-17 Manage Site Groups page
To view a list of site groups
1. On the Site Settings page for your website, under Administration, click Go to
Site Administration.
2. On the Site Administration page, under Users and Permissions, click Manage
site groups.