You know the scenario: You are a farm administrator but you cannot access to the Shared Service Provider (SSP) site collection to administer the SSP – Access Denied.
Here is how to give yourself access to the SSP:
1) Go to the Site Collection Administrators interface. Link via Central Administration | Application Management | SharePoint Site Management.
2) Change the Site Collection by selecting the Web Application and root URL for your SSP.
3) Set the Secondary Site Collection Administrator to the account you are using to access the SSP.
That’s it. Now navigate to the SSP administration site once more to get in.