topic How to remove read access permittted by group EVERYONE in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-remove-read-access-permittted-by-group-everyone/m-p/217663#M170793 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Apologises in advance if this question is rather simplistic or has been answered elsewhere. I am relatively new to Alfresco development and am still taking it all in. I have searched but not found a solution that works so far for my problem.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to create a simple scenario using the repository foundation services api to test access control. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have used to the API to login as admin and create a folder "A" under company home. When i create a new user they are automatically added to the GROUP_EVERYONE authority. As a result every new user has read access to all content created under "A". I want to remove the everyone access so that i have to give specific permission to a user in order for them to view content in "A".</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have tried to delete the GROUP_EVERYONE authority and remove the users from the everyone group but nothing seems to work. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Does anyone know how this can be achieved using just the repository API?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Many thanks for your help with this.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Will</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:58:15 GMT wowilson 2010-06-29T11:58:15Z How to remove read access permittted by group EVERYONE https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-remove-read-access-permittted-by-group-everyone/m-p/217663#M170793 Apologises in advance if this question is rather simplistic or has been answered elsewhere. I am relatively new to Alfresco development and am still taking it all in. I have searched but not found a solution that works so far for my problem.I am trying to create a simple scenario using the repositor Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:58:15 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-remove-read-access-permittted-by-group-everyone/m-p/217663#M170793 wowilson 2010-06-29T11:58:15Z Re: How to remove read access permittted by group EVERYONE https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-remove-read-access-permittted-by-group-everyone/m-p/217664#M170794 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You have to remove the "inherit parent permissions" flag from your folder node - otherwise your folder gets the default permissions saying "read" for EVERYONE.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>This can be done either with Explorer or programatically using PermissionService#setInheritParentPermissions() method - see </SPAN><A href="http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/docs/java/repository/org/alfresco/service/cmr/security/PermissionService.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/docs/java/repository/org/alfresco/service/cmr/security/PermissionService.html</A><SPAN> for full details…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>HTH</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Gyro</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:11:27 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-remove-read-access-permittted-by-group-everyone/m-p/217664#M170794 gyro_gearless 2010-06-29T12:11:27Z Re: How to remove read access permittted by group EVERYONE https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-remove-read-access-permittted-by-group-everyone/m-p/217665#M170795 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Gyro,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for your prompt reply. Spot on that solves my problem.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Really appreciate the help.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Will</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:50:38 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-to-remove-read-access-permittted-by-group-everyone/m-p/217665#M170795 wowilson 2010-06-29T13:50:38Z