I have created new Sharepoint site under SiteDiretory (e.g. created new site from site setting of this page http://audc-spoint-01/sitedirectory/Pages/category.aspx) and added a user with FULL CONTROL access, but user cannot save list as template, cannot save subsite as template, error "ACCESS DENIED"
Please note that there is no problem for Sharepoint Site Collection Administrator at the top level Web APP (e.g.http://audc-spoint-01/)