User Permissions and File Access
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A normal SmartFile installation allows administrators to assign file access permissions for both users and groups. This does not work the same in HyperPrivacy mode.
Permissions are defined for a user. Permissions determine which actions a user can take in their Home Directory. Access sets exceptions to these permissions for specific files or folders. It is not possible to provide a user access to any folders outside their home directory.
Access can be set for individual users or groups. To determine a user's access, user-level settings take precedence over group-level settings. This means that if a user has certain access rights for a folder, adding them to a group with different access rights for the same folder won't alter their individual access rights to that folder.
When you define user or group access for an item, you are explicitly allowing or explicitly not allowing some combination of the 4 possible operations - upload, download, read and show contents.
If a user is assigned to multiple Groups with conflicting access, then the last assigned Group’s access will override any other Group.
In order to perform standard file operations, the user must have specific rights, either from their user permissions or through access.
Action | Required Rights |
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Enhanced file operations, such as creating links or configuring notifications, may require the user's role to be allowed to perform the operations, and may also require specific file rights.
Action | Role Capabilities | Required Rights |
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See items in a folder
List Contents
Download
List Contents, Download
Create a new folder
Upload
Upload a file
Upload
Overwrite a file
Upload
Rename an item
Upload, Delete
Move or Copy
List Contents, Download, Upload
Delete a file or folder
Delete
Create a share link
Can create share links (granted to all default roles)
Download Upload is also needed for upload-only or download-and-upload shares.
Create a notification for a path
Can create notifications (granted to all default roles)
List Contents
Create a notification for a share link
Can create share links, Can create notifications
Manage tags & attributes
Upload
View file activity history
Access to activity section