Getting access denied error during feature activation in subsite of Group site using CSOM

Question

Hello,
I am trying to activate feature on subsite of group site using CSOM where I am getting access denied error.
Steps:

1. Created subsite in Group Site 01
2. Using CSOM cached all feature ids of subsite from Group Site 01
3. Created subsite in Group Site 02 using CSOM
4. trying to add cached features in subsite from Group Site 02
5. On 4th step getting error.

FeatureDefinitionScope featureDefinitionScope = FeatureDefinitionScope.None;

foreach (var featureID in cachedFeatures)
   web.Features.Add(featureID, true, featureDefinitionScope);

// web object points to subsite from Group site 02

web.Update();
clientContext.ExecuteQuery();

Thanks in Advance !

Answer 1

Hi @Yuvraj Patil

I'm glad to hear you solve the problem ,if you have any issue about SharePoint, you are welcome to raise a ticket in this forum.

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Getting access denied error during feature activation in subsite of Group site using CSOM

Issue Symptom:

Activate feature on subsite using CSOM and get access denied error

Current status:

Move the update line up and it solved the issue.

// other code

web.Update();

FeatureDefinitionScope featureDefinitionScope = FeatureDefinitionScope.None;

foreach (var featureID in cachedFeatures)
   web.Features.Add(featureID, true, featureDefinitionScope);

// web object points to subsite from Group site 02

clientContext.ExecuteQuery();

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Answer 2

Hi @Yuvraj Patil

The user has limited permissions, or no permissions, for the site collection that contains the subsite 02 while the same user have Full Control permissions for the subsite 02 might cause Access Denied. To resolve this issue, have a site collection administrator permission to activate the feature on the subsite. Or add the affected user to the Hierarchy Managers group for the site collection that contains the subsite. The user must have access to the parent site collection through the Hierarchy Managers group to activate or deactivate the SharePoint Server Publishing site feature for the subsite.

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