tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961817584554893389.post423775689203971813..comments2023-04-03T14:36:43.956-04:00Comments on Just in time learning: Access is denied when crawling despite account having access - using basic authenticationWing-Leung Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12516537821073412766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961817584554893389.post-34680147789632206522013-10-09T14:37:29.711-04:002013-10-09T14:37:29.711-04:00Our fix was different than anyone I've seen. U...Our fix was different than anyone I've seen. Under the crawl rule, under Specify Authentication we had Specify client certificate but the certificate no longer existed. change to Specify a different content access account and it worked.Guyhttp://www.exeter.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961817584554893389.post-27157135524298822982012-06-19T05:25:08.515-04:002012-06-19T05:25:08.515-04:00I had a similar issue with FAST using File Shares....I had a similar issue with FAST using File Shares. The crawling account has read access to a specific File Share, but I was getting the same access denied error as described in your post. After adding a crawl rule, specify the same crawl account and checking "Do not allow Basic Authentication" solved the access denied problem for me.captain007noreply@blogger.com