Question

I'm trying to add my domain account as a secondary site collection admin but for some reason it can't find the account.

I'm currently logged in with servcenter\my.name but the people picker does not seem to find the account. the server hosting sharepoint is most definitely on the domain.

I've tried to look at the people picker configuration but can't find anything weird about it.

Was it helpful?

Solution

Try using your username instead: ie. for Jim Bob (mydomain\jim.bob) who has a username jbob try mydomain\jbob.

Confirm you the web application has the authentication provider set to Windows authentication.

OTHER TIPS

Can you check whether the Application pool is running under a domain account? The reason why it could fail in your scenario is, the people picker is executing under the application pool account which is a local account and cannot be recognized by AD, then it will not be able to query other accounts in AD.

Two options are available for this case.

-> Use domain accounts for application pool

-> Configure people picker searchadforests

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263460%28office.12%29.aspx

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