Folder and files permission in frontend

Posted on 17/03/2011 10:23:14

I have an extranet site, where the users only must see specific folders/files. In the filemanager I can apply these permissions, but how can I use these in a front end module (File Publishing?)

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Posted on 18/03/2011 02:29:53

Hi. Permissions in file manager works only for backend users.
You can't apply these permissions in file publishing,

We plan to implement this functionality.

Posted on 23/03/2011 09:12:34

Hi Yury,

Tanks fore your reply.

Is there some way in the API check the users permission to a given folder or file?

Posted on 24/03/2011 02:36:23

Hi.
To check permission you can use next code:
' get current user ID
Dim UserID As Integer = Base.ChkNumber(Session("DW_Admin_UserID"))

'get user’s groups
Dim arrUserGroups As String = Join(CType(Session("DW_Admin_Group"), String()), ",")
'get folders where the user has access
Dim strAllAccessableFolders As String = Base.GetUserElementAccess("folder", UserID & "," & arrUserGroups, "")
'split folder to array
Dim arrAccessFolderList() As String = Split(strAllAccessableFolders, ",")
'get all folders with limited access
Dim strAllRestrictedFolders As String = Base.GetAccessElements("folder")
'split folder to array
Dim arrAllRestrictedFolders() As String = Split(strAllRestrictedFolders, ",")

'check does current user has access to the folder
If IsArray(arrAccessFolderList) Then

If Base.IsValueInArray(arrAllRestrictedFolders, dirName) Then

      If Not Base.IsValueInArray(arrAccessFolderList, dirName) Then
                  Return False
      End If
    End If
End If
Return True

You can check only folders access. Files permissions are not supported.

Hope it will help you.

Posted on 24/03/2011 09:33:51

Is the above code any different from using the following methods in the API?

Dynamicweb.Security.HasAccessToFile("");

Dynamicweb.Security.HasAccessToFolder("");

/Morten

Posted on 25/03/2011 01:09:12

Morten is right. These methods wrap my code.

Method "HasAccessToFile" handles access to files inside "Security folder". Read for details: http://manual.dynamicweb-cms.com/Default.aspx?ID=1518

Posted on 28/03/2011 09:19:29

Thanks Morten and Yury, just wat I was looking for.

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