# Setting/Ability to Require account to download files

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-ability-to-require-account-to-download-files/19686>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014年九月5日 15:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-ability-to-require-account-to-download-files/19686 "2014-09-05T15:47:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![lake54](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lake54/32/121955_2.png) [@lake54](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lake54)\
**Post date:** [2014年九月5日 17:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-ability-to-require-account-to-download-files/19686/4 "2014-09-05T17:47:43Z")

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I’ve popped this in as a bug about a month ago, although it probably fits better as a feature request.

> [@Attachments available to any user with link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachments-available-to-any-user-with-link/18868):
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> Repro Create a restricted category, and post an attachment in there. With another account, one that doesn’t have access to the restricted category, try and access the uploaded file (e.g. the original user has copied the link, perhaps in a forwarded email by mistake) User is able to access the file This is more a people issue rather than a technical one I think, since instead of sharing the link, they could just email the attachment themselves anyway. If there is, however, any way of validatin…

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