Make Space is read only by others

[fthamura]

I want to have 3 users in my alfresco box, and one can create, edit, delete, and the other user only can read it, and the others can not see it.

anytips for this?

[kevinr]

Hello,

Yes you can do this. If you use the "Manage Space Users" dialog from the More… actions menu for a space, you can then Invite users into your space with various roles (including GUEST role which gives READ ONLY access). Permissions for a space are inherited from the parent space by default, you can change this behaviour using the "Inherit Parent Space Permissions" checkbox in the Manage Space Users dialog. Using a combination of this and only inviting users with the appropriate role you can create private spaces or spaces that only certain users can access.

Hope this helps,

Kevin

[gnewtonaus]

Hi,

I've just tried doing this but the lowest role available seems to be "Consumer". There is no "guest" role in the list! (I'm using Alfresco 2.0).

How do I make it so my read-only user does not get the Create menu or the Actions next to each content item?

Regards,
Greg Newton

[kevinr]

Sorry yes CONSUMER is the Read-only role. Invite the user to the space/content with the Consumer role and they won't be able to create/edit.

Thanks,

Kevin

[clincks]

In the same idea…

I cut inheritance to a node.
I would like to invite only some people with specific role…
and everybody else with CONSUMER role.

How to invite "everybody" with "CONSUMER" role?

I tried this:

// Cut inheritance
      permissionService.setInheritParentPermissions(nodeRef, false);
      // Allow EVERYONE has CONSUMER
      permissionService.setPermission(nodeRef, AuthorityType.EVERYONE
            .toString(), PermissionService.CONSUMER, true);
      // Allow GUEST has CONSUMER
      permissionService.setPermission(nodeRef,
            AuthorityType.GUEST.toString(), PermissionService.CONSUMER,
            true);
      // Allow USER has CONSUMER
      permissionService.setPermission(nodeRef, AuthorityType.USER.toString(),
            PermissionService.CONSUMER, true);‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

but it doesn't work.

Thanks for help.

Stephane

[clincks]

I found the solution…

// Cut inheritance
permissionService.setInheritParentPermissions(nodeRef, false);
// Allow EVERYONE has CONSUMER
permissionService.setPermission(nodeRef,
PermissionService.ALL_AUTHORITIES, PermissionService.CONSUMER,
            true);
// Allow GUEST has CONSUMER
permissionService.setPermission(nodeRef,
PermissionService.GUEST_AUTHORITY, PermissionService.CONSUMER,
            true);‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Problem closed.

Stephane