Share Links Password Protected

[k-spit]

Hey Guys,

I'm new in Alfresco and exploring some of the features of the wide variety right now.

While exploring the sharing function, I saw that it isn't possible to share content with a password protection.

Is it possible to share links via a safe protocal like https oder via a password protection ?

Maybe I just missed some settings ?

Greetings and Thanks in Advance  

[afaust · Accepted solution]

There is no feature to share a link via password protection. Sharing a link via a safe protocol (HTTPS) requires that you set up your server properly to support HTTPS and actually enforce it.

[janv]

In general, we would recommend you only run and expose Alfresco using "https".

If you're referring to so-called public "shared links" (aka QuickShare) such as ...

https://my.domain.org/share/s/llta4xWGQ36LPls6xu2qLA 

... then it is true that they're "public" to those users that can access the Alfresco instance (without requiring authentication). Note: in some cases, these "public shared links" may only be accessible on a corporate network (or via a corporate VPN) if the Alfresco instance sits behind a firewall.

In the future, we may also provide features to also password-protect such "shared links", see for example:

[SHA-1528] Public Sharing Enhancements - Alfresco JIRA 

In the meantime, if you would like to provide a link to content via Share that requires authentication (and is permission controlled as normal) then you could consider using the Share url to the document detail page, such as:

https://my.domain.org/share/page/site/my-site-1/document-details?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/7c1... 

This is available from the right-hand-side of the Share Document Details page.

Regards,

Jan

[ainsof]

Shame no movement on this JIRA issue since 2017. Anyone aware of a module that can do this?

I found https://community.alfresco.com/docs/DOC-7900-alfresco-private-share-link-with-password?q=How%20do%20...  but it links to a 404 page

Im surprised this is not a common use case. Our current workaround is to copy the file to another system (ownCloud, Dropbox) and share it with a password and expiry date. But now there are duplicates.