Hide Folders/Spaces from specific users or groups !?

[volkerlux]

Hello,

i'm currently porting my file-structure to a fresh alfresco share installtion. My files are stored in a folder pattern like "EXCHANGE" and "WORK". As the names say the folders have different purposes and so need specific access-levels.

In share i want to give my customers a "consumer" access which enables downloading of files within all "EXCHANGE" folders in their Site. Whereas Contributors and Managers shall also see the "WORK" directory and be able to edit files within. Instead of handling the Space-Users for every "EXCHANGE" folder (i've plenty of them) i'm looking for an automatism to handle the access-levels and the folder hiding.

Any ideas???

regards,
Volker

[volkerlux]

I solved it by myself. Its a simple but time-consuming und risky way:
Simply change the permissions of the folder you want to hide from a specific user-role, for instance "customer". To achieve this, select the Folder in "Share" > "Document Library" and use "Manage Permissions" to give e.g. the consumer "no-priviliges". This hides the folder for "consumer". But don't forget a folder you want to hide …

As is said, its not very handy if you have more then a couple of folders which have to be edited. In a daily work-process it's preprogrammed that one forgets to set the permissions for a new folder.

Has anyone an idea, how i can solve this workaround within a script or sthelse? Like: "If i create a new Folder/Space, check if its name is [HIDEMEFOLDER], if true, set consumer priviliges to 'no-priviliges' ".