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Hi

I have a need to create a site that has files (or channel entries linked to files) only accessible to one user (plus administrators). I’m not talking about user groups - just individuals.

The only way I can think to do this is to create a custom field type that uses a select menu populated with a list of users. Is this the best way to achieve it?

Thanks

EE does not support per-user permissions. You can check for the member_id in your template with a conditional, though. What are you trying to achieve here? If you make the user author of “their” entry (although it’s been uploaded / authored by an admin) you can also make sure they only get to see “their” own entries.

Basically I need an administrator to upload files to EE and make those uploads only available to specific members (they are video recordings of training workshops). So I’m thinking that if I have a custom fieldtype that lists the members, the template can check that the member selected in that field matches the logged in user ID and if not, redirects to a page with an ‘unathorised’ message.

Unless there’s a better way of doing it of course… 😊

As I’ve said, have a Superadmin upload those files, then change the author to the client you want to be able to access them and use

... username="CURRENT_USER"

or similar. Every user will then be shown “his” files.

Sorry, I misread your reply. Thanks for this!

So is all OK then?

Yes. Thanks.

Very glad to hear it. Please post again as needed.