On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Gis Mage <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> I need to set permissions for a group layer for particular user roles.
> When trying to add a data access rule in the GUI, I don't see my group
> layers in the list.
> I suppose it's because they don't belong to any workspace.
>
> When trying to edit layers.properties file in /data/security folder,
> and adding a rule for a group layer manually, this rule is bing
> ignored (group layer doesn't show up in GetCaps xml, rule doesn't
> appear in GUI).
>
> How can I set permissions for a group layer?
>
You can't. Layer groups do not exist service and security wise,
they are exploded in the layers that compose them as the request
is parsed.
So in order to control the access to the layer group you'll have to set
access rules on the layers that make it up
Cheers
Andrea
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