Access denied error when Loading document library for "contribute" users : Unknown SPRequest error occurred. More information: 0x80070005

Question

Hi,
We are facing a very strange issue on a SharePoint Publishing portal. Domain users (contribute level access) have access to document libraries under specific sub sites. Every morning if they try to access the document library pages, users complain about "Access Denied" issue on document library page. But if a SP Farm admin account login on site, and browse to document library page, access denied issue seems to disappear for end users also. For whole day it works fine. But next day access denied error occurs again. I am not sure why this is happening. I have looked into Event Log and SharePoint Logs, found following information useful, but not sure what to do next.
Please help.
Event log Details:
Server: WFE01
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Office SharePoint Server
Event Category: Publishing
Event ID: 5169
Date:  17/11/2009
Time:  07:47:31
User:  N/A
Computer: SPWFE01
Description:
Console Configuration File Error: XML Exception: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
SP Log files:
All logs are for process: w3wp.exe (0x031C)                        0x17F4 Windows SharePoint Services  
·     Begin OnLoad of XmlConsoleDataSource from file "EditingMenu".
·     Attempting to load XML from config file "EditingMenu".
·     PermissionMask check failed. asking for 0x00010000, have 0x00000000
·     Unknown SPRequest error occurred. More information: 0x80070005
·     Access Denied for /Projects/LFB/03 Bid Stage 1/Forms/AllItems.aspx.
·     StackTrace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility:Void HandleAccessDenied(System.Exception), Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal:Void HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(System.UnauthorizedAccessException), Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest:Void OpenWeb(System.String, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.Guid ByRef, System.String ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, System.Guid ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, UInt16 ByRef, Boolean ByRef, Int16 ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Boolean ByRef, Int16 ByRef, UInt32 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, Int32 ByRef, Boolean ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, Int32 ByRef, Int16 ByRef, ...
...System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.String ByRef, System.Object ByRef, Boolean ByRef, UInt64 ByRef, Boolean ByRef, Boolean ByRef, System.Guid ByRef, System.Guid ByRef, Int32 ByRef, System.DateTime ByRef, System.DateTime ByRef, System.String ByRef), Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb:Void InitWeb(), Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb:Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurableObjectImpl get_SecurableObjectImpl(), Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb:Microsoft.SharePoint.SPRoleAssignmentCollection get_RoleAssignments(), Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.WebControls.ConsoleXmlUtilities:System.String ConfigurationXml(System.String, Boolean), Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.W...
...ebControls.ConsoleXmlUtilities:Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.WebControls.ConsoleNode GetConsoleNodeCollectionFromXmlFile(System.String, Boolean), Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.WebControls.XmlConsoleDataSource:Void LoadTreeFromConfigXml(), Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.WebControls.XmlConsoleDataSource:Void OnLoad(System.EventArgs), System.Web.UI.Control:Void LoadRecursive(), System.Web.UI.Control:Void LoadRecursive(), System.Web.UI.Control:Void LoadRecursive(), System.Web.UI.Control:Void LoadRecursive(), System.Web.UI.Control:Void LoadRecursive(), System.Web.UI.Control:Void LoadRecursive(), System.Web.UI.Control:Void LoadRecursive(), System.Web.UI.Control:Void LoadRecursive(), System.Web.UI.Control:Void LoadRecursive(), System.Web.UI.Control:Void LoadRecursive(), System.Web.UI.Page:Vo...
...id ProcessRequestMain(Boolean, Boolean), System.Web.UI.Page:Void ProcessRequest(Boolean, Boolean), System.Web.UI.Page:Void ProcessRequest(), System.Web.UI.Page:Void ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(System.Web.HttpContext), System.Web.UI.Page:Void ProcessRequest(System.Web.HttpContext), System.Web.HttpApplication+CallHandlerExecutionStep:Void System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute(), System.Web.HttpApplication:System.Exception ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep, Boolean ByRef), System.Web.HttpApplication+ApplicationStepManager:Void ResumeSteps(System.Exception), System.Web.HttpApplication:System.IAsyncResult System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.BeginProcessRequest(System.Web.HttpContext, System.AsyncCallback, System.Object), System.Web.HttpRuntime:Void ProcessRequestInternal(System.Web.HttpWorkerReque...
...st), System.Web.HttpRuntime:Void ProcessRequestNoDemand(System.Web.HttpWorkerRequest), System.Web.Hosting.ISAPIRuntime:Int32 ProcessRequest(IntPtr, Int32),
·     Releasing SPRequest with allocation Id {E3BC24ED-F243-4DBD-8625-EE7CF9FDA039}
·     Exception: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
·     Console Configuration File Error: XML Exception: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
·     Releasing SPRequest with allocation Id {D1A87724-6FB6-4009-B6D1-D7E15918E213}
Pryank Rohilla
MCTS, MCAD

Answer 1

Hi pryank,
From the log, it seems that the users don’t have permission on this page:
/Projects/LFB/03 Bid Stage 1/Forms/AllItems.aspx
Does the sub site have unique permission instead of inheriting permission from the parent site? If no, you need to make the sub site to inherit permission from the site collection so that master page also inherits the right. If this is not allowed in your organization, please go to “Site Actions”à “Site Settings” à “Master Pages and Page Layouts” to give users permissions on this document library.
Hope this helps.
Lu Zou