Anonymous Users get Credentials Prompt For Default “osssearchresults.aspx” Search Page on SharePoint Publishing Site

Posted on April 6, 2021 Updated on September 29, 2021

Recently i came across a weird kind of issues..i have SharePoint 2013 farm with Several host header site collection.those site collections are enable to the public also, therefore all anonymous users can view those site collections.Except one site collection anonymous user can access “osssearchresults.aspx” default search page.all site collections are in the same web application.to verify the problem i created a separate web part page and inserted “Search Box” web part and “Search Result” Web part.still the same problem new page also prompting the user credentials for anonymous users.then i used fiddler to identify what are the pages that are prompting permission.actually it’s not pages. there are some “JS” files that required user credentials. reason is those files are not published properly.so what i did was i “checked in” all those “JS” files by publishing major version of those files.

*Note :- “Control_SearchBox.js and Control_SearchResult.js” are the two main files related to “osssearchresults.aspx” page..therefore make sure you publish/”check in” the major version of those two files.

below you can find two directories.you need to “check in”  all unpublished “JS” files in these two directories.using SharePoint designer navigate to these directories and publish/”check in” new version of it’s “JS” files.SharePoint use these “JS” files in “Search Box” and “Search Result” Web Parts.if these files are not publish/”check in” properly that means anonymous users cannot access these files.that’s why “Search Box” and “Search Result” web parts are prompting for credentials.

“Catelogs/masterpages/display template/search”

“Catelogs/masterpages/display template/finters “

if the problem still exist use “Fiddler” to identify remaining files which are still prompting for credentials .you can download Fiddler using this link.  Hope This is help to you.. 🙂

Hide SharePoint “RibbonRow” and “SuiteBar” From Anonymous Users

Posted on September 23, 2014 Updated on November 2, 2014

For public facing SharePoint sites most of the time peoples don’t want to show SharePoint “Suitebar” and “RibbonRow” for Antonymous Users

So here how you can hide SharePoint 2013 “suiteBar” for anonymous users.

1. Open the master page (default Master and the Home Page Master) using SharePoint Designer. Before edit your master page take a backup copy

2. Select your master page -> right click –>Click on  “check out”

3. Select the master page again -> right click –> Click on “edit file in advanced mode”

4. Find the <div id=”suiteBar” class=”ms-dialogHidden noindex”> code block

5. Now change <div id=”suiteBar” class=”ms-dialogHidden noindex”>  to <div id=”suiteBar” class=”ms-dialogHidden noindex” style=”display:none”>

 

 

This will hide the “suitbar” for all users including login users.but we need to enable suite bar for login users.to do that insert below script block right after the above </div> tag

6.Right click on <div id=”suiteBar” class=”ms-dialogHidden noindex”>  to <div id=”suiteBar” class=”ms-dialogHidden noindex” style=”display:none”> code block and click on “Select Tag”

 

7. insert below script block right after the selected section

<!– My Custom Code –>

<SharePoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl ID=”HideSuiteBar” runat=”server” PermissionsString=”ManageWeb”>

<script type=”text/jscript”>

document.getElementById(“suiteBar”).style.display = “block”;

</script>

</SharePoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl>

<!– –>

 

This will hide SharePoint “SuiteBar” for Anonymous users.

Now we have to hide SharePoint “Ribbon Row”

8.Go to your master page. find  <div id=”s4-ribbonrow” style=”height: 35px; display: inherit !important;”> code block.

9. Change <div id=”s4-ribbonrow”> to <div id=”s4-ribbonrow” style=” display:none”>

10. Right click on <div id=”s4-ribbonrow” style=” display:none”> code block -> click on “Select Tag”

 

11. Insert below script block right after the above selected </div> tag. (at the end of the Selected Tag)

<!– My Custom Code –>

<SharePoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl ID=”HideRibbonRow” runat=”server” PermissionsString=”ManageWeb”>

<script type=”text/javascript”>

document.getElementById(“s4-ribbonrow”).style.display = “block”;

</script>

</SharePoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl>

<!– –>

 

12. After Insert above code block .your page will look like below screenshot.

 

13. “Save” your changes and “Check In” the “Master Page”.

14. This is the final output / View for “anonymous” users.

Note :

You have to “Deactivate”Minimal Download Strategy” feature from “Manage Site Features” to take effect all these changes.

You can use below url to login to you site.because now you can’t see “Sign in” Link on your pages. 🙂

http://SiteUrl/_windows/default.aspx

Happy Coding