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Internal Server Error after removing Everyone permission from Repository Sites folder

gerryr — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:28:41 GMT

When I remove the inherited Everyone permission to Repository Sites folder then Users without administrative permissions start seeing Internal Server Error. And there are Access Denied errors in the log to web scripts. We set local permissions on the Sites folder just for the Site managers and adm

Re: Internal Server Error after removing Everyone permission from Repository Sites folder

niketapatel — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 05:37:22 GMT

Hi Gerry,

I believe you are managing site permission from Alfresco explorer that is not advisable.

From your post, it looks like users are accessing sites folder from explorer too and you dont want them to access.

1)To hide sites folder from end-users who are not invited, You can create site with "Private visibility".
non-admin user can not see private site folder from explorer/repository view and they also can not search from Share UI.

2)Other options is create site with Public and Moderated membership so non-admin user can see only site folder from explorer/repository view not anything inside that site folder and from share UI they can only search site and request to join that site.

Hope it helps!

Re: Internal Server Error after removing Everyone permission from Repository Sites folder

gerryr — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:01:31 GMT

Hi Niketa,

Yes, we are using your option 2. Public but Moderated.

But maybe Private is what we need because we cannot allow non-admin users to even see the site in a listing.

I was expecting Moderated to make the site visible only to invitees but it's not working that way.

Re: Internal Server Error after removing Everyone permission from Repository Sites folder

gerryr — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 01:45:00 GMT

Even Private is not working totally.

I create a new Site as Private. The site then will not show up in listings.

But if I change an existing Site property from MODERATED to PRIVATE:

As a non-member user I can go to the Site Search and it will list the Private site. I can go to the Repository Sites and it will also list the Private Site to non-members.

We need for all Private Sites to be totally invisible to non-members.

Opened bug: https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-20784

Re: Internal Server Error after removing Everyone permission from Repository Sites folder

niketapatel — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:42:09 GMT

Changing site visibility to private from public/moderated is working for me. I am using 4.2EE, might be bug in 4.2e

Re: Internal Server Error after removing Everyone permission from Repository Sites folder

gerryr — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:17:28 GMT

Niketa, yes you can change it. I was able to change it.

But when you go and check the visibility you find that it is not private.

Re: Internal Server Error after removing Everyone permission from Repository Sites folder

gerryr — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:03:02 GMT

Andy, please do not mark the bug as resolved unless the Reporter agrees that it is resolved.

https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-20784

The bug is not resolved.

Andy, your UserB can still see the listing of the site in Repository Sites. The site is not truly private.

Re: Internal Server Error after removing Everyone permission from Repository Sites folder

aseer — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:01:59 GMT

just add your all users or group of users to sites folder in Repository " Login as a administrator click Repository –> Sites –> Manage Permissions –> Add User/Group –> user or group name –> search –> add –> give permission and save and done 😘