topic Re: Restrict certain file types from Folder Shortcut explorer in SAS Studio

Restrict certain file types from Folder Shortcut explorer

samir_par — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 18:12:51 GMT

Hi,

From Folder shortcut file explorer, by default you can see all files located under the actual folder. Now if a user try to open .RTF files, SAS studio actually download that file onto user's local machine, which we want to avoid.

So, Is there any way/setup such that we can restrict some files from the explorer view? Like I want to restrict .RTF files from the view so that user can not download/open .RTF file.

Thanks!

Re: Restrict certain file types from Folder Shortcut explorer

Reeza — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 19:54:48 GMT

Wouldn't that also mean if I used SAS to create these files I wouldn't see them in the File Explorer?

Re: Restrict certain file types from Folder Shortcut explorer

samir_par — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 19:58:33 GMT

@Reeza Yes, that's true.

Basically we want to avoid downloading of files at local level. User can go to actual server to view the file(s).

Re: Restrict certain file types from Folder Shortcut explorer

SASKiwi — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:45:17 GMT

What OS is your SAS servers running on? I suspect this will have to be controlled at the OS level.

Re: Restrict certain file types from Folder Shortcut explorer

samir_par — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:49:12 GMT

@SASKiwi, we are running SAS on Linux server.

Re: Restrict certain file types from Folder Shortcut explorer

SASKiwi — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 21:03:37 GMT

@samir_par - I will defer to the Unix experts on the Community in that case.

Re: Restrict certain file types from Folder Shortcut explorer

Sajid01 — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:33:32 GMT

You can request your Linux Admin to deny read access to the folder contents.
acl should be enabled on that file system and rules set.
This is something that has to be done by the Unix Admin only.