Sharing and permissions

In CERNBox it's possible to share both folders or single files with other authenticated users or publicly.

In a folder/file context menu ( or right-click), click in Share. This will open the right sidebar with options to create the different share types.

Learn, how to create:

• Authenticated shares with people
• Public shares
• It's also possible to deny permissions inside projects

Tutorial about CERNBox Share And Auth Share on twiki.cern.ch

Info

Currently, users are not allowed to directly change the ACL's with the unix command-line of EOS (the storage backend of CERNBox). A CLI interface will be provided in the future.

Application sidebar

It's possible to open the details right sidebar when inside an application. This means you can share a document while having it open by clicking in in the top right.

Permissions inheritance

Shares/public links added to any parent folders are inherited by any sub-folder/sub-file and will therefore be shown in the Shared with and Share publicly > Indirect sections. This allows for a better understanding on why someone has already access to a file/folder.

In these cases, the given permissions will appear with the mention that they come Shared via the parent folder <folder name>, and will not be editable or removable. Changing or removing permissions is only possible on the corresponding parent folder directly. A shortcut to the corresponding parent (Navigate to parent) is given in the menu.