So today, I will demonstrate how to create a user that will have access only to a specific Content Item in Content Editor.
Requirement:
Create a user that will only have access to edit one specific item in Content Editor
Execution Steps:
In this tutorial we will be using the following Sitecore tools:
- User Manager
- Role Manager
- Security Editor
First lets create a user and name him Author:
Go to Sitecore LaunchPad and select User Manager. Click New and enter the values, depending on your requirements should look something like this:
Click Next and Close.
Next Step lets make user “author” member of “sitecore\Author” role.
Select the user and click Edit button on the ribbon.
Switch to the tab “Member Of” and click “Edit”
From the list of Roles select “sitecore\Author” and add it and then click OK.
The reason I am using this Role, because this OOTB role created by Sitecore, and it disables a lot of administrative functionality.
Now lets give this user access to edit only one specific item.
Select the user “author” from the list and click “Security Editor” on the ribbon.
In the next window you will make the following changes.
Make sure that the user “author” is selected. Then Allow to Write to the Item “Configurations” and Deny “FXM” to Read. Everything under Configurations will inherit the permissions.
Everything is in effect immediate, there is no Save or Okay buttons. So be careful what you are doing. You can make mistakes very easy.
This is what you should see when you login with Author credentials.
Sitecore recommended practice is to create roles that have special permissions, and then assign those roles to users. In this example I would not create a Role for the user because I only have a requirement for one user to touch one item, and this will never change.
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