Thanks Helix for the explanation. Displaying the metadata is no problem, i
want to restrict access to the bitstreams.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:55 PM, helix84 <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Henry Atsu Agbodza
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > i will like to know how i can restrict access to a particular Community /
> > Collection within our Repository using our University IP Range. This is
> due
> > to copyright restrictions on some materials we want only the University
> > Community to have access to. I'm using Dspace 1.8 on Ubuntu Server.
> Kindly
> > tell me the steps involved.
> > Thanks for any help.
>
> Unfortunately not. The DSpace is not really built for hiding item
> metadata, items, collections or comunities (it can restrict access to
> bistreams perfectly fine, but not hide that they exist).
>
> So think again - do you really need to hide the information that those
> collections exist and what items they contain or is it enough for you
> to restrict access to their bitstreams?
>
> If you really need to hide them, we recommend that you set up another
> DSpace instance, restricted only to intranet access by external means
> (e.g. firewall, tcpwrappers, Apache or Tomcat settings). You can still
> move items/collections between them using AIP export/import or SWORD.
>
>
> Regards,
> ~~helix84
>
> Compulsory reading: DSpace Mailing List Etiquette
> https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette
>
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