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Controlling user access to shared files

dshookowsky — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:46:35 GMT

I'm working with a version of Alfresco Community that has been customized by an external vendor. I can create a regular user with no group membership in the UI and that user can collaborate and contribute to a site without any issues. When I go to the shared files tab and click on SharedFiles, I s

Re: Controlling user access to shared files

dshookowsky — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:10:00 GMT

I found that as an administrator, I was able to assign the missing permission by navigating to the Repository tab (see below). I'm still interesting in finding out if there's a way to control the default behavior at installation time.

As an administrator, manually modify permissions of the shared folder.
1) Click the Repository link at the top of the window
2) Hover over the Shared folder in the folder list on the right and click 'View Details'
3) Click 'Manage Permissions' under 'Folder Actions'
4) Click the button that says 'Inherit Permissions' so that it has a check mark next to it.

Re: Controlling user access to shared files

dshookowsky — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:49:14 GMT

It appears the vendor that customized the share added code to remove inherited permissions, but neglected to hide the top-level menu with deleteObjectFromArray as described here - https://community.alfresco.com/community/ecm/blog/2013/09/16/customizing-the-share-header-part-3