You can configure a document or custom object to inherit
permissions from a folder using the Security Folder property.
About this task
Run this procedure as part of your initial security configuration,
after you have created document classes or custom object classes and
you have configured their default security instance tabs. It is best
to establish security inheritance before putting an object store into
production.
Procedure
To designate a folder as a security parent by using Security
Folder:
- Log in to Administration Console for Content Platform
Engine as
object store administrator (object_store_admin).
- Open the Object Store node, select , and navigate to
the folder that will serve as the Security Folder.
- Click the folder and select the Security tab.
Make sure the folder has ACEs whose Apply to setting
is either This object and immediate children or This
object and all children. See Configure
a folder's security inheritance for reference.
- Click Actions and select Copy
Object Reference.
- Navigate to the folder containing the document whose security
inheritance you are configuring.
- Open the document and select the Properties tab.
- Scroll down the list of properties and find Security
Folder.
- Click the Property Value field and
then click the drop down arrow. When you see Paste Object,
select it.
- Click Save. You will see the name
of the folder appear as the Property Value for
the Security Folder property.
- Click the Security tab, and confirm
that the Security Folder's inheritable ACEs appear, with Source type
of Inherited.