Creating a Sharepoint (2007) Read Only Site

Question

I’m ready to migrate SharePoint 2007 to 2010, and during the migration, I want someone not to add content anywhere, but still I would like people to read the content. Is there a way to make sharepoint 2007 a read-only site?

Answer 1

If you are performing an upgrade with a database connection, you can install read-only databases through SQL Management Studio. When SharePoint databases are installed in read-only mode, SharePoint will automatically protect all sites in these databases for viewing only.

Answer 2

Try:

stsadm -o setsitelock -url http://server_name -lock noaccess 

This will help you establish a read-only site collection.

Answer 3

It is very simple:

Central Administration> Application Management> Quotas and Site Blocking. Then select Read Only.

Answer 4

I'm not sure if there is a way to do this in the user interface or through stsadm, but there is a readonly property on the SPSiteAdministration object.

 SPSiteAdministration siteAdmin = new SPSiteAdministration(siteUrl/guid); siteAdmin.ReadOnly = true; siteAdmin.Dispose();