PROHIBIT COPYING OF FILES IN A DATASET FOLDER

[pierre saleh kandolo]

I am a beginner in the management and administration of TrueNas. My version is TrueNAS-13.0-U3.1

I have a small concern about the management of authorizations: is it possible to prohibit the copying of my files to users of my TrueNas to their computers? if possible how to do it!

I would be happy to read you

 

[sretalla]

This thread provides an idea, but be aware that it's not ironclad protection.

Read,print but not copy paste permission in trunas 13

Hello I have trunas 13 installed on my machine. Im planning to host pdf files in a dataset,i crated a dataset named (files),i copied a bunch of folders to it which contain pdf files inside. And created users in order to access the folders. How do i set dataset permissions so that the users can...

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[anodos]

This thread provides an idea, but be aware that it's not ironclad protection.

Read,print but not copy paste permission in trunas 13

Hello I have trunas 13 installed on my machine. Im planning to host pdf files in a dataset,i crated a dataset named (files),i copied a bunch of folders to it which contain pdf files inside. And created users in order to access the folders. How do i set dataset permissions so that the users can...

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Take careful note of the discussions regarding this feature in nextcloud. There were some escapes in the past and it's probably worth auditing periodically to make sure it behaves as intended if it's a mission-critical feature for you.

 

[anodos]

I have a small concern about the management of authorizations: is it possible to prohibit the copying of my files to users of my TrueNas to their computers? if possible how to do it!

In very broad terms, no. This is not how file sharing protocols work.

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

If you can display it on your screen, you can also save that which is displayed locally.

 

[sretalla]

Take careful note of the discussions regarding this feature in nextcloud. There were some escapes in the past and it's probably worth auditing periodically to make sure it behaves as intended if it's a mission-critical feature for you.

Noted already:

but be aware that it's not ironclad protection

 

[joeschmuck]

This problem sounds like the solution is a client side restriction, not something the server can protect against.