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Version 7.x-1.x provided "two useful features which Drupal itself is missing: a simple permission to allow downloading of private files by role, plus the ability to combine both public and private downloads".
Version 7.x-2.x removed the "global" permission and implemented a per-directory by-user and by-role filter instead, to let the administrator better tweak the whole website and increment the overall security.
The 8.x port was rewritten from scratch, but many thanks to Paris Liakos and Andrey Kovtun for their precious help and hints.
The 3.x branch was created for Drupal 9 (although it currently supports Drupal 8.8.3+).
Idea and code (mostly for version 7.x-1.x) were inspired by http://www.beacon9.ca/labs/drupal-7-private-files-module.
The 7.x-2.x development was partly sponsored by Cooperativa Italiana Artisti.
Project information
Minimally maintained
Maintainers monitor issues, but fast responses are not guaranteed.- Maintenance fixes only
Considered feature-complete by its maintainers. - Module categories: Access Control
6,902 sites report using this module- Created by zanonmark on , updated
Stable releases for this project are covered by the security advisory policy.
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Releases
3.1.1
released 31 May 2023
released 31 May 2023
Works with Drupal: ^8.8.3 || ^9 || ^10
✓ Recommended by the project’s maintainer.
Bugfix release
Install:
7.x-2.7
released 14 April 2017
released 14 April 2017
Works with Drupal: 7.x
Implemented option for downloading as inline/attachment.
Development version: 7.x-2.x-dev updated 8 Apr 2017 at 08:38 UTC
