[ansel] Permissions on individual images?

Heath S. Hendrickson heath at outerspaceconsultants.com
Tue May 11 18:33:21 PDT 2004


How difficult would it be to allow a user to set permissions on an 
individual image?  Is the capability there and just not implemented in 
the UI?

I'm asking because I have a situation where I'd like to create a gallery 
that contains a bunch of pictures.  But I'd like some of those pictures 
to only be viewable by select other users (defined users or groups of 
users, Family or something like that), but I don't necessarily want to 
block the entire gallery from public view.  In this specific case, it's 
picture of my 20 month old daughter.  There are some pictures (like her 
playing in the bath) that I'd rather not have publicly accessible for 
the perverts of the world to find.  I can imagine that there are other 
cases similar to this that might have a use for such a capability.

To keep the number of permissions manageable, the default permission for 
an image would be the same as the gallery, and only if an explicit 
permission was set would it be stored and enforced (an inheritance 
model, if you will).

If the capability exists and it's just missing the UI, can it get added 
to the TODO list for tracking purposes?  If the capability doesn't exist 
and you think it would be a worthwhile feature, consider adding it to 
the appropriate TODO (ansel or other) as well.

heath


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