Block access to subfolder within shared folder?

[Snapnaq]

Not sure where to post this thread or how to search for it. My apologies if this is (in all likelyhood), already addressed elsewhere.

I have granted a user access to specific shares on my QNAP. However, there are folders in that share that I would like to hide (i.e. a folder inside a share). How do I block access to a subfolder within a shared folder? For example, I have a share called "Multimedia". The user has access to this share, but I would like to block access to a subfolder within "Multimedia", called "Audiobooks", without having to block access to the whole "Multimedia" share. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Snapnaq]

Going once, going twice.. Anyone?

[Timidfriendly]

I would love to know the answer to this too!

[schumaku]

Use Advanced Folder Permissions (aka. ACL support).

Deny acccesss for that user, or for a limited user group. Ensure the ACLs will be deployed to the complete sub-folder structure.

[SuperSalad]

Yes, schumaku has the correct answer.

ACL support (or advanced permissions) is a relatively new feature implemented in the firmware, it adds a lot of flexibility, thanks to QNAP for adding it!

I'm curious how it's implemented in the underlying filesystem, but SAMBA metadata files or get/setfacls native UNIX ACLs?

[schumaku]

It's implemented by POSIX ACL - so "standard" Linux ACL.

[pwilson]

Not sure where to post this thread or how to search for it. My apologies if this is (in all likelyhood), already addressed elsewhere.

I have granted a user access to specific shares on my QNAP. However, there are folders in that share that I would like to hide (i.e. a folder inside a share). How do I block access to a subfolder within a shared folder? For example, I have a share called "Multimedia". The user has access to this share, but I would like to block access to a subfolder within "Multimedia", called "Audiobooks", without having to block access to the whole "Multimedia" share. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Check out: Share Folders section of the on-line manual

Security settings are toward the bottom of the page.

Good luck.

[Snapnaq]

Thanks a lot for clearing this up!