Access is denied. Verify that either the Default Content Access Account has access to this repository, or add a crawl rule to crawl this repository. If the repository being crawled is a SharePoint repository, verify that the account you are using has "Full Read" permissions on the SharePoint Web Application being crawled.

Issue:

Access is denied. Verify that either the Default Content Access Account has access to this repository, or add a crawl rule to crawl this repository. If the repository being crawled is a SharePoint repository, verify that the account you are using has "Full Read" permissions on the SharePoint Web Application being crawled.


Resolution:


1. Load regedit.exe
2. Navigate to the following key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa”
3. Right click on “Lsa” and create a new 32bit DWORD value
4. Naame it as “DisableLoopbackCheck”
5. Set the value to “DisableLoopbackCheck” as “1”
6. Close the registry editor.
7. Start a new crawl.