Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

remote.ry..

Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

in Community Support » Feature Requests • 1 year ago

I tried to ask how to give different users different folders but to no avail. it took a while but i was able to solve this. im not good with javascript but i know php and figured out a solution so i hope this helps.

heres the situation:

admin = /assets/userfiles
user1 = /assets/userfiles/user1folder
user2 = /assets/userfiles/user2folder
etc...

basically i want each user to have thier own folders. to add a little flavor. i want my admin account to be able to access all folders of my user so my folder access is "higher".

the solution:

while tinkering around i found that everything gets started when the "index.html" is called. depending on your version you may find this in a different folder but i found mine here -> /filemanager/trunk/

open that html file and you will see that near the bottom of the source all the neccessary js file are being loaded 1 by 1.

i made a copy of my index.html page then turned it into index.php.

then i commented out the line -> <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/filemanager.config.js"></script>. if you want you can just delete it.
then in place of that script put these php code:
<?php
        $folder = $_SESSION['userfoldername']."/";

        echo "<script type='text/javascript'>";
        echo "var lang = 'php';";
        echo "var fileRoot = '/assets/userfiles/".$folder."';";
        echo "var showThumbs = true;";
        echo "</script>";

        ?>

now instead of calling the function as:

CKEDITOR.replace('instancename', {
	filebrowserBrowseUrl: '[Path to Filemanager]/index.html',
	...other configuration options...
});

do this:

CKEDITOR.replace('instancename', {
	filebrowserBrowseUrl: '[Path to Filemanager]/index.php',
	...other configuration options...
});

the same applies if you are using it as a standalone file manager or as a file picker. just change the .html extension to .php when initializing it.

In my case i pulled the data from my session variables and built the "fileRoot" variable accordingly to give each user a unique folder. using this i can now give each user their own folder and even set the depth of their folder. ex: admin folder is /assets/userfiles/ while a regular users folder is /assets/userfiles/somename1/somename2/somename3/regularuserfolder/.

If you will use session, dont forget to start it or else it wont work.

PEACE!

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Guest

回复: Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

1 year ago

great job!!!

i tried and this works!
thanks for the idea :D

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Guest

Re: Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

1 year ago

Hi,
Thanx it really worked out.
But i am unable to get lang value so i have to hard code it in filemanger.js

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Guest

Reageren: Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

1 year ago

Smart, just not very safe, as javascript can easily be manipulated.

Why not:

Restore all to default and then:
Go to the fle where you are calling the script from and create your user session (unique id or name), and store in a session, eg. $_SESSION['userfoldername']
Open your connection file, for example: filemanager.config.php

Find the line that looks like:
$config['doc_root'] = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . 'assets/userfiles/user1';

Now, 'user1' should be flexible, so replace above line with something like the following:
$config['doc_root'] = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . 'assets/userfiles/' . $_SESSION['userfoldername'];
Then, open your scripts/filemanager.config.js, and make sure the fileRoot looks like:

var fileRoot = '/';
Done!

Probably easier and much safer! Good luck!

Joeri

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simogeo

Réf.: Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

1 year ago

thanks.
Tip is now into the wiki : https://github.com/simogeo/Filemanager/wiki/How-to-allow-users-to-have-their-own-folder-?

Feel free to improve it

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Guest

Réf.: Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

1 year ago

Hi,

There is an error on the wiki :

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] and not $SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

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simogeo

Réf.: Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

1 year ago

There is no error, it is because of github wiki parser .. don't no why since it works with $_SESSION ....

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Guest

Réf.: Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

1 year ago

Hi,

I have a little problem with the solution on the wiki.

I have $_SESSION['userfoldername'] = '/myPath';

And my filemanager config :

In "filemanager.config.php" :

$config['doc_root'] = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/userfiles'.$_SESSION['userfoldername'];

In "filemanager.config.js" :

var fileRoot = '/';

I can browse folder, create dir, upload image and select image. No problems for that.
But when I select an image to put into the ckeditor window, the path is wrong.
It display "/my-image.png" instead of "/userfiles/myPath/my-image.png"

What can I do to have the good path when I select the image ?

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remote.ry..

Réf.: Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

1 year ago

im not familiar with the solution you are trying to use so i dont know what really happened.

my guess is that the path somewhere is wrong or the session variable is not loaded and filled correctly when you want it posted.

try the "php way" which i posted here.

Guest

Réf.: Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

1 year ago

Actually the php way works perfectly, even if I prefer the other solution for security reason.

So this is the solution :

1. Follow the wiki

2. Modify your 'filemanager.config.php' like :

Add a doc_path config

$config['doc_path'] = '/userfiles'.($_SESSION['userfoldername']!='/'?$_SESSION['userfoldername']:'');
$config['doc_root'] = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].$config['doc_path']; // No end slash

3. Then open 'filemanager.class.php' and in the method __construct() add the 'doc_path' :

    if(isset($this->config['doc_root']))
    {
        $this->doc_path = $this->config['doc_path'];
        $this->doc_root = $this->config['doc_root'];
    } else {
        $this->doc_root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
    }

4. In the same file change the line in the method getinfo() :

'Path'=> $this->get['path'],

'Path'=> $this->doc_path.$this->get['path'],

That's it.

Now, when you select an image to add in your editor, the path is the right path.

--
Brunto

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Guest

Réf.: Allow different user to have own folder. A simple hack that works.

1 year ago

There is an error on my previous post.

In the method getinfo()

Don't change the line

'Path'=> $this->get['path'],

Add instead a new line

'docPath'=> $this->doc_path.$this->get['path'],

So your method looks like :

public function getinfo() {
    $this->item = array();
    $this->item['properties'] = $this->properties;
    $this->get_file_info();
    $array = array(
        'Path'=> $this->get['path'],
        'docPath'=> $this->doc_path.$this->get['path'],
        'Filename'=>$this->item['filename'],
        'File Type'=>$this->item['filetype'],
        'Preview'=>$this->item['preview'],
        'Properties'=>$this->item['properties'],
        'Error'=>"",
        'Code'=>0
    );
    return $array;
}

Now in filemanager.js (For ckeditor. Do the same for other wysiwyg)
Change the line

window.opener.CKEDITOR.tools.callFunction($.urlParam('CKEditorFuncNum'), data['Path']);

window.opener.CKEDITOR.tools.callFunction($.urlParam('CKEditorFuncNum'), data['docPath']);

Now, everything is working.

--
brunto

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