Issue
Description:
User not able to perform the administrative task in a site
collection(He is having full control over the site).Even Primary site
collection administrator lost control over the site.
àWhen clicking on "Site
Action", he is not able to see the full range of option like "create
new site, Document library ..etc). He is able to see only few options as
shown above.
à Administrator not able see
option to add users under site permission.
àNobody could add new documents or edit documents,
nearly every single Document or Library option is greyed out.
Resolution:
Method 1:
1.
Central
Administration -> Site Collection
Quotas and Locks.
2.
Select
your site collection
3.
Change
the Site Lock Information radio button from “Read-only” to “Not locked”
4.
OK
Method 2: Use Stsadm command
stsadm -o setsitelock -url http://sitecollection
-lock none
Root Cause: Usually While taking a sharepoint back up, site collection goes to
read-only mode. Once it is completed it will returned to “Not Locked” mode.
Reason for this issue might
be while taking back up got interrupted in middle and it left the site
collection to read mode.
