Can I change permissions on folders?
You can not change permissions on a folder but you can use a workaround.
Question: I want to provide different permissions to different groups for a folder in the repository. How can I change the permissions on the folder?
Use the following workaround.
Workaround
- Create a new folder with the desired permissions.
- In the Publication Manager, Browse Repository window, click on the folder to which you want to add a child folder.
- Click .
- Type a name for the folder.
- Specify security options: Click the Security tab. In the Owner field, select the name of the group that owns this folder. In the Grant read access to group box, specify who should have read access to the folder.
- Click OK
- Move the files to the new folder.
- In the Publication Manager, Browse Repository window, click on the folder where the files are currently located
- Select the files to move.
- Right-click on the selected files the click Move to folder.
- Locate and select the new folder you created then click Move.