Master Documents are accessible after setting the default access right as 'Access Denied'.
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Article ID: KB0071715
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Products
Versions
TIBCO Nimbus
Applicable to all versions
Description
If we set the access right for the draft as read and write and for master access denied, users will still be able to access the document. Steps to replicate this scenario- -- Open Author client – Add one new document and promote it – Set draft access right Read-only and for master access denied – Login on the web client as a Contributor and search for the same document – Contributor will able to access or download the Master document – Change the access right of Draft to access denied and refresh the web client, now the document will not visible.
Environment
Test and Production
Resolution
This is in fact the excepted behavior, the document registry has special behavior that does not allow the Master Access Rights for an individual user to be less than the Draft Access Rights:
Issue/Introduction
This KB will help to understand the behaviour of the Document registry, where master documents are still accessible even when the default access right is set to 'Access denied'