Access control for specific files

If the file is in Drupal's private storage, and it is an attachment to a node, the node's access permissions will apply to the file.

How did this file end up on your site? If you uploaded it via FTP and the folder/file permissions on the host is set up correctly, then AFAIK nobody will be able to access it.

Your private files directory is working as it should. Like I said, the default is to deny access to all users.

You need to have the files linked to entities which have access checking, like nodes. I see three possible solutions:

• Upload the files in attachment field(s) of a node type. Flexiaccess manages many-to-many relationships between nodes and users, which define permissions which are stored in an ACL in the database. If the user can access the node, she can access the file.
• If you don't want your files linked to nodes, maybe the ACL module can be extended to include entities in general, and then treat the files as entities using https://drupal.org/project/file_entity
• Use something like https://drupal.org/project/private_files_download_permission (I have never used/tested this; just a guess).

amanda-kn,
I know of no such video.

If you can make do with text, here is a link to a short tutorial about Drupal file attachments that also deals with access control.

As has alreeady stated by fmr, to control access for a specific uploaded file with Flexi Access, you attach the file to a node, and then use Flexi Access to manage access to the node to which the file is attached.

If you want to use ftp (or some other non-Drupal means) to upload files to your Drupal site, then Flexi Access can not be used for access control to files.

There has been now further feedback from the OP for a week. I hope that means that this support request is cleared up.