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Browse right doesn't seem to inherit

asked on October 5, 2018

Hi All,

 

I've noticed some strange behvaiour when trying to implement a folder tree with browse only access from a certain point in the tree onwards. This isn't functioning as I would have expected.

 

If I assign a user browse rights only, to a folder with the scope 'This folder, subfolders and documents'. Clicking on that folder as the user produces the error (Access Denied. [9013]).

 

However if I add the user again to the folder, with browse and read, to 'This entry only'. The user can then see what's in the folder but not open anything (what I was expecting the browse rights to do on the first access right).

 

This would be fine if I only wanted to do this for one folder, but what I want is to set this right for a folder tree. I can only get this to work by setting the 2nd right of this entry only with browse and read for every sub folder, otherwise I get the access denied error. This tree has hundreds of sub folders.

 

Is there a cleaner way to implement browse only access to a folder tree, or do you have to set a browse and read for this entry only on every subfolder?

 

Cheers!

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replied on October 8, 2018

Having Browse on an entry allows you to see that entry in any listing you're allowed to retrieve (folder contents, search results, etc.).  However, in order to get a listing for (and thus see any entries in) a folder, you also need Read on that folder.

It sounds as though you should be able to do what you want by granting the user Browse on the folder with the scope of "this folder, subfolders, and documents", and then also granting them Read on the folder with the scope of "this folder and subfolders".  Does this not work for you?

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replied on October 9, 2018

Hi Andrew,

 

This is what I was looking for. Perfect, Thanks Andrew!

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replied on October 5, 2018

Have you checked to see if there are inherited rights from further up that might be overriding the users' access? Sometimes you even have to break inheritance, depending on what's upstream.


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replied on October 8, 2018

In my example above, the root folder in this tree has broken inheritance. But good thinking wink

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