File properties - Rights

In the file properties for the rights, you define the authorization at file level.

For a file, you can determine who is the owner of the file and which users and groups have which rights to the file via the assigned role. You can also assign a corresponding role to all other users.

The permissions for a file can either be set individually or inherited. The inheritance principle is described under"The inheritance principle".

If inheritance is set, this can be seen from the fields shown as inactive. The fields show you the authorizations that are inherited. The lower section of the window also indicates the directory from which the rights from the standard file settings are inherited.

If individual rights are assigned, you can edit the fields as described below. The bottom section of the window indicates that individual rights have been assigned.

'Inherit rights':

By clicking on this button, the rights display is inactive (grayed out). After saving the edit, the permissions for the corresponding file are inherited from an overlying standard file setting.
Please note that the inherited permissions are not updated immediately after switching from individual permissions to inherited permissions. The display is only shown as set in the standard file settings of the inherited directory after the permissions have been saved and therefore the next time they are called up.

'Set own permissions':

Clicking on this button activates the rights display. You can edit the rights as described below.

'Owner / User / Group':

Clicking on the selection arrow opens a new window, which can be used to select an owner, a user and a group for the file by clicking on it.
The user selection lists the users available in the user administration.
The group selection lists the groups available in the group administration.
The respective permissions are assigned to the selected user(s) or group(s) via the respective selected role.

You can add further users and groups by clicking on"Add user" or"Add group".

User or group assignments can be deleted from the file by clicking on the recycle bin icon .

'Other users':

In this field, you can assign the respective authorizations to all users who have not been defined via owner, user or group via the role selected here. In this way, you can, for example, assign view or edit rights to all users without user and group selection.
In most cases, at most the role for view only is assigned here.

'Role':

You can use the selection box to assign one of the roles predefined by the system to the corresponding user or group. The authorizations active in the role are thus assigned to the corresponding user or group after saving the file.

The following roles are available for selection:

• Administrator
  
• Owner
  
• Editor-in-chief
  
• Editor
  
• Simple editor
  
• Member
  
• Guest
  
  

The individual authorizations of the roles are described in more detail below: