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Error

Each time the crawling on MySite site collection would generate numerous errors in event log as below

Error

System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access denied.

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.HandleAccessDenied(Exception ex)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(UnauthorizedAccessException ex)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CheckOutFile(String bstrUrl, String bstrWebRelativeUrl, Boolean bCheckoutToLocal,
 String bstrLastModified)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFile.CheckOut(Boolean bCheckoutToLocal, String lastModifiedDate)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFile.CheckOut()

at ABC.Intranet.Web.UI.WebControls.MySiteModifier.b__0()Additional Information:

Site Collection URL -
http://xyz.abc.com/personal/user |

Web Site URL -
http://xyz.abc.com/personal/user |

HttpRequest URL -
http://xyz.abc.com/personal/user/Personal Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx |

HttpContext User - abc\Crawl_Acct |

SPWeb User - abc\ Crawl_Acct |

The crawling account has READ permission over My Site collection and this account does have NO access to the specific URL in error below –

http://xyz.abc.com/personal/user/Personal%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx

Resolution

This issue is resolved after adding Content Access Account under Central Administration > SSP > User Profiles and properties > Personalization services permissions with "Manage user profiles" permission

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