Access Control

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Access Control List (ACL) is a method to grant your users different permissions for working with CKFinder folders and files. The default settings placed in the {{{file}}} file grant permissions for all options to every user.

In order to change this configuration you should learn the basics of the {{{AccessControl}}} settings placed in the configuration file.

Access Control List Syntax

The syntax of the ACL entries is as follows: