Folder Permission Inheritance in Liferay
Written By
Michael Warren Young
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Issue
- Do items in documents and media or web content folders inherit permissions from the folder in Liferay?
Environment
- Liferay DXP 7.0
- Liferay DXP 7.1
- Liferay Portal
Resolution
- In Liferay, documents and web content articles do not inherit permissions from their parent folder.
- However, when displaying assets in Liferay, the lowest level of permissions for an item or its parent folders will take precedence. For example:
- If a user has permission to view an asset, but not its parent folder, the asset will not be displayed for the user.
- If a user does not have permission to view an asset, but does have permission to view its parent folder, the asset will not be displayed for the user.
- If a user has permission to view an asset and its parent folder (and all folders above the parent folder), the asset will be displayed for the user.
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