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Own is the file ownership permission. This permission should be set by the system administrator on the repository root to allow them to set permission of any kind to any file. For newly created files (e.g. freshly referenced data source, created layers, designed maps, modified styles, etc.) the Own permission is applied for the user who created it.
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Please note that Ownership permission excludes users from each individual permission and denial of permission which means that the Owner of a specific resource cannot be selectively denied any permission. It will always allow full control over a resource. |
Read
This permission allows users to view a Resource (like point style, page layout, etc.) or the Layer configuration (layer properties). If a user has Read permission:
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Publish can only be applied on folders, not files. It designates a location for a user or group of users where they can publish private (Owned) resources or layers, effectively making them departmental or corporate and available to others.
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The four permissions described below are specific to References and even though they can be applied on folders, they only affect the References. The first two are the most obvious. Some users can only ‘View’ data, others are charged with ‘Edit’-ing the data as well. The latter two were created to improve security. Both those permissions limit user’s ability to extract data from the system without sacrificing access to the data within the Earthlight system.
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When a file is denied to an individual user on a folder level, it cannot be allowed for them directly on the file level. From the permission point of view the closeness of the permission application is irrelevant.
Permissions configuration
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- a grey tick in front of a permission name represents inherited permission. 
- a green tick shows that a permission is set on the current level.
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If there is any permission set on the current level, then bold style will be applied to that item name e.g. |
On the screenshot above user jerry (Jerry Doroszkiewicz) inherits ‘List’ permission from a parent folder or a group he belongs to. The ‘Read’ and ‘Write’ permissions are applied directly on the user level.
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