Managing permissions for documents and folders

An access control list (ACL) is used to manage permissions for folders and documents. The ACL services with the getACL and applyACL calls are used to get and set permissions.

Access control list capabilities

A repository does not have to support the management of ACLs at all. To find out if it does, look at the following properties, as they explain what support is available. These properties are returned by the getRepositoryInfo service call:

Capability	Description	Valid options
capabilityACL	This indicates the level of support for the ACLs by the repository.	none: The repository does not support ACL services. discover: The repository supports the discovery of ACLs (getACL and other services). manage: The repository supports the discovery of the ACLs and applying ACLs (getACL and applyACL services).
propagation	This specifies how a non-direct access control entry (ACE) can be handled by the repository.	objectonly: This indicates...