Permissions and Documents

Permissions and Documents

You can give permissions to an individual file, to an entire folder, or to a specific file type. See Understanding Roles and Permissions to learn more about how Roles and Permissions work in a Liferay installation.

Permissions for an Individual File

  1. Navigate to the Documents and Media application.

  2. Click the options icon (Options icon) on the file whose permissions should change and select Permissions.

    In the options, click on Permissions.

  3. Set your desired permissions and click Save.

Permissions for an Entire Folder

  1. Navigate to the Documents and Media application.

  2. Click the options icon (Options icon) on the folder whose permissions should change and select Permissions. See Using Folders to learn more about folders.

    In the options, click on Permissions.

  3. Set your desired permissions and click Save.

Permissions for a Specific File Type

  1. Navigate to the Documents and Media application. Click on the Document Types tab.

    Click on the Document Types tab.

  2. Click the options icon (Options icon) on the document type whose permissions should change and select Permissions. See Defining Document Types to learn more about document types.

    In the options, click on Permissions.

  3. Set your desired permissions and click Save.