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jDownloads for Joomla 4.x and 5.x => jDownloads 4.0 => General => Topic started by: hittolo on 09.08.2023 00:39:28

Title: Files download for registered user but visible to public
Post by: hittolo on 09.08.2023 00:39:28
Hello
i'm using the 4 version from some days, so i'm tryng to set the category/files to be visible to all guest but only registered user can download it
Thanks for your help.
Title: Re: Files download for registered user but visible to public
Post by: ColinM on 13.08.2023 13:00:26
Hi
You need to set the Permissions
Article https://www.jdownloads.net/documentation/access-user-group-permissions-v3-9/an-initial-view-of-permissions will help.

Basically when jD 4 first installed the so called 'Component' permission will allow everyone to download. So the Public usergroup needs to set to Inherited -NEVER set a permission to Deied as is causes unexpected side effects.Then at each Top Level jD Category ensure Public UG download permission is set to inherited but the Registerd UG Ddownload permission is set to Allowed.
How to do this is explained in the above article.
Colin