# Files/Download Manager For Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/files-download-manager-for-discourse/26887
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [3월 27, 2015, 10:41오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/files-download-manager-for-discourse/26887 "2015-03-27T22:41:42Z")
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### Author: ![dmitry\_fedyuk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dmitry_fedyuk/32/293153_2.png) [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)
#### Post date: [6월 9, 2015, 6:01오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/files-download-manager-for-discourse/26887/24 "2015-06-09T06:01:35Z")

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> [@purldator](#):
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> reason I can see this as something useful is to handle downloads. Like a download manager to pass and handle permissions per file.

> [@elberet](#):
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> Per-file permissions would be a completely new feature for Discourse and require a lot more work before the UI becomes relevant. Not that such permissions wouldn’t be welcome… right now, if you are logged in and know a file’s URL, you can download the file even if it was posted in a restricted category that you cannot access or in a direct message.

> [@purldator](#):
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> Yeah, that’s a bit of a problem. That would rely on users or staff being honest and not sharing links.

> [@riking](#):
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> Uploads do not have source information associated with them, the only protection available is “prevent anons from downloading files”.

My «[Restrict Files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-files-plugin-sell-a-digital-content-on-your-discourse-forum/29775)» plugin solves the problem of access control to forum digital content (downloads).  
The forum owner can grant the download permissions only to a particular forum groups / or to users with specified trust level and withdraw download permissions from other groups / users.  
An example of restricted file: [http://discourse.pro/file/113](http://discourse.pro/file/113)  
You can not download it neither anonymously nor by just registering on the forum.  
You must be a member of permitted user group to download the file.  
You can test it yourself:  
A test account without download permissions: login: test\_bob, password: 123456  
A test account with download permissions: login: test\_john, password: 654321  
A file is always permitted to be downloaded by its uploader.

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