multiple users access control to FM nodejs

[hathemi]

in my app i have x group of users and you want to give different rights, for example :

User : can access to the FM, select or download a file.
Admin : all above + upload/delete files + zip
Super admin : all above + unzip files
(by default, the actual case, user has all roles )
is it possible to do something like that with filemanage.js node connectors?
I have decided to add a database using Kinex. i have prepared my api router and still can't figure out a solution on how to launch a login/register page when the application starts.
any guidelines will be appreciated .

[dekyfin]

You should be able to implement a middleware which does the access control
before the file manager route. I'm writing this sample code from my phone's
mail client, so it's not tested: it'll most likely contain errors as well.
But something like this should work

// Access control middleware
app.use("/filemanager", function (req, res, next){


  // mode is the action to be performed
  var mode=req.query.mode;


  // You can match the mode with the access control code to determine if user is allowed to perform the action. I'm using an array of permissions in this example for simplicity.

  var perm = ["initiate","readfolder"];


  if( perm.indexOf(mode) > -1 ){
    next();
  }
  else{
    res.status(403).send("you don't have the permission to perform this action");
  }


});

// Filemanager route
app.use("/filemanager", filemanager("/path/to/dir", config));

[hathemi]

Thanks for your respond, but still can't figure out how this can be done if i don't have a database, !!!
Like i montiened in my first comment, i have create a database with knex with users and roles as table, then i have call login.html before launching RFM.
My problem now is is how can i get access to FM an display a specific folder according to user.?,

[dekyfin]

It seems to me that you're creating an entire app which will handle user login/authenticarion, access control, and possibly user registration. I can give you some hints on how to go about it, but any detailed implementation is beyond what i can do on this platform.

There are different ways to create a system with each group having different permissions.

You can create three tables: users, groups, acl. The acl table will store the various actions/permissions each group can perform.

When a user logs in, you fetch the user's permissions and store it into a session array. You can then check the user's action against the permissions stored in the session array before allowing the user to perform the requested action in the filemanager

[hathemi]

yes that's exactly what i'am trying to do,.. it seems to be a lot of work to handle.
Thanks alot, and i will contact you, if you don't mind, for any other details.

[hathemi]

Hi again @dekyfin . i'm trying to change root path of FM to be like like this ttp://localhost:5000/Filemanager,
but nothing works for me. i have tried a lot of property in options configuration. for example:
"fmSrcPath": "/Filemanager", or "exclusiveFolder": "/Filemanager", none of theme works for me. i thinks i'am missing something.
Thanks in advance.

[dekyfin]

Hello @hadhemi, If you're using the demo, you'll need to change the routing in order to access the FM from /Filemanager instead of /. It appears to me that you're not familiar with routing and middlewares in Express Js. I would recommend you get familiar by going through the 'Getting Started' as well as the routing and middleware guide at https://expressjs.com

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[hathemi]

yeah, i'm new in nodejs and still learning a lot of stuff. Sorry, i ask you a silly questions.

@dekyfin , wrong mention , please use @ hathemi not hadhemi , thanks!

[hathemi]

@dekyfin hi again. is it possible to make a file server with RFM for each user logged in a system. Something similar to google drive. any example, guide lines, advices will be very appreciated. And thank you.

[hathemi]

Hi there. i'am back working on route. i still didn't get a solution for this. it's really frustrating.
so, where should i change route path, in filemanager.config.json inside options{ } or api { }, or in app.js ????
Thanks in advance.

[dekyfin]

Hello @hathemi,
It's possible, but it's not something trivial if you're new to node; especially when you don't already have significant experience in developing a system with
a user base. I can give you some guidelines if you're interested, but you'll need to learn a lot