how to restrict users

hi I want to know how to restrict users, for example I want userA to view only cabinets in browsertree, userB to view only homecabinet..

I created a role and added userA as member and then in the browsertree_component.xml, I copied the scope tag and added role="mycustomrole" in the scope tag. And in the second scope I only added cabinet node. In this way I am able to view only cabinets for userA. but I want to know is this the right approach as for every user or role i have to copy the scope tags and paste and add roles to them which increases the size of the file also.

Is there any alternative approach for this problem. I heard of filters but dont know how to use it. can anyone give example on filters.

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Chaithanya

Hi,

You can use restrict folder access feature, using which you can specify the folder/cabinet to which you want to restrict the user to during the user creation time itself, or you can update the same for the existing user also using DA.

baixench

create a custom acl for your folder or cabinet and assign it.

karnam

Here is an example

              <filter role="roleA, roleB, roleC...">
                  <node componentid="xyz">
                     <icon>xyz.gif</icon>
                     <label>
                        <nlsid>MSG_XYZ</nlsid>
                     </label>
                     <streamlinecomponent></streamlinecomponent>
                     <handlerclass>com.documentum.webtop.webcomponent.administration.AdminNavigationNode</handlerclass>
                  </node>
               </filter>

In DA there is better way of doing it, which is using AdminAccessSets, although currently only a limited set of nodes can be configured.

I hope this is what you were looking for.