Setting Access Rights

Access rights can only be set by the Server Manager for a server instance. Access rights restrict access to files and directories on your web site. In addition to allowing or denying all access rights, you can specify a rule that allows or denies partial access rights. For example, you grant users read-only access rights to your files, so they can view the information, but not change the files.

• All Access Rights is the default and allows or denys all rights

• Only the following rights allow you to select a combination of rights to be allowed or denied:

  • Read allows users to view files, including includes the HTTP methods GET, HEAD, TRACE, OPTIONS, and COPY.

  • Write allows users to change or delete files, including the HTTP methods PUT, MKDIR, MOVE, POST, LOCK, UNLOCK, PROPPATCH, andMKCOL.

  • Execute allows users to execute server-side applications, such as CGI programs, Java applets, and agents including includes the HTTP methods POST.

  • Delete allows users who also have write privileges to delete files or directories including includes the HTTP methods DELETE, RMDIR, and MOVE.

  • List allows users to access lists of the files in directories that don’t contain an index.html file including includes the HTTP method INDEX, and PROPFIND.

  • Info allows users to receive information about the URI, including includes the HTTP method INDEX, TRACE, and OPTIONS.

Although the following methods are present in the code, they are not included in the document above, revlog, getattribute, getattributename, getproperties, startrev, stoprev, edit, unedit, save, setattribute, revadd, revlabel and destroy.