topic Re: Seeking clarification on access controls in Alfresco Archive

Seeking clarification on access controls

ddougan — Tue, 04 May 2010 03:11:45 GMT

I've installed Community - v3.3.0 (2765) on my test system. I have it up and running OK (on SME Server 7.4) with OOo, etc. all accessible.I'm trying to get my head around the access control model - specifically, I would like to set a default such that when a user is created, only she has access to h

Re: Seeking clarification on access controls

dkenned — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:46:04 GMT

I've noticed the same thing and have the same desire to eliminate EVERYONE from automatically being granted access to a user's home space. There must be an easy solution?

Re: Seeking clarification on access controls

mrogers — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:53:31 GMT

Home folder creation is "pluggable" so you can do whatever you want.

The interface to look at is HomeFolderProvider so either plug one of your own into the Person Service or it may be possible to configure one of the existing ones.

Re: Seeking clarification on access controls

andy — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:00:37 GMT

Hi

The permissions to set can indeed be part of the default home folder provider - you just need over-ride the bean and tweak the config.
See config/alfresco/authentication-services-context.xml.
This will apply for LDAP sync for example and auto created users.

However if you create users via the UI it does its own thing (rather than allowing you to select a home folder provider - or even configure define a default provider).
In this case you need to have … https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ENH-161

Andy