add user to multiple sites?

[cvdpaul]

Hi all - I'm new here so be gentle

I've inherited a rather confusing sharepoint portal, version 6.0.2 i'm told!

The problem i have is that sites are created for all companies we come in contact and in each site the projects, contacts and corrospondence are all saved.

The admin staff need to have access to ALL of these sites. It seems if i set up a user as an administrator, they still need manually added to each site - the problem here is there are thousands of sites created!

I cannot see any way of automatically adding a user to all sites. I've had a good dig around the SQL databases but cant find any starting point to how users are given permission. Even if i had the tables and structures involved i would have a go at scripting such a thing myself.

Can anyone shed some light on my predicament? there are 2 new members of staff who need this urgently, and no solution in sight!

Many Thanks,
-Paul

 

[MaxEd]

Set up this user as a server admin then you won't have to but then there goes your security on your webserver box.

-Laughter works miracles.

 

[cvdpaul]

It's funny you should say that - i've put in the administrator password "temporarily"

Does anyone else have any ideas?

Rgs
-Paul