We need to provide restricted access to users at subfolder level within a repository such that the users can able to view only their folders and not the other ones. However we are unable to achieve it. Following are the access rules set up.
[Repo:/Folder1]
User1 = rw
[Repo:/Folder2]
User2 = rw
When the above rules are set, User1 and User2 are unable to access the repository Repo and "Forbidden Access to Repository" error is shown. To resolve this error we tried providing an additional read access at repository level as below.
[Repo:/]
User1 = r
User2 = r
This resolved the error however, User1 was able to view all files under Folder2 and User2 was able to view files under Folder1. Our requirement is to provide rw access only to the concerned folders and hide the rest of the folders. User1 should not know that Folder2 exists under repository Repo and User2 should not know that Folder1 exists. Please guide on how this can be achieved.
The requirement has been handled as below thereby hiding the folders visible to the users.
[Repo:/]
User1 = rw
User2 = rw
[Repo:/Folder1]
User1 = rw
User2 =
[Repo:/Folder2]
User1 =
User2 = rw
The access rules are going to grow if more sub-folders are added, however currently it is solving our issue as the number of sub-folders are less. Similarly creating appropriate user groups has helped in proper maintenance.