Change from "Visible to: Public" to private

[David Pierce]

Hi, sorry if this is a FAQ, but I've spent a fair bit of time R'ing the FMs and not found anything. 

Right now, when I use the Globus web interface and go to Endpoints > Administered by You > the share I am interested in, it says "Visible To: Public -- Shares are visible to all users". How to I change this so that the shares are *not* visible to all users? One would think there'd be a setting under "Edit Attributes", but one would be mistaken. 

When instead I go to the "Permissions" tab and click on the little "people" icon at the right of "Path: /", it pre-fills the form with "Share With: user" selected, which makes it sound like it's *only* shared with a user, not with all users, which is an option that is *not* selected. Yet if I add a user there (never selecting "Share with all users") and go back to the Endpoint > Overview page, it still says "Visible to public -- Shares are visible to all users". This seems inconsistent and self-contradictory for a new user. 

Thanks for any pointers,

--Dave

[Brigitte Raumann]

Hi David,

You’re right that when you add a permission for someone to access your data,  you are adding permission only for that user, not for all users.  

The Public/Private setting determines whether users can find your share and view the attributes of your share, such as the display name of your share, the owner, description, keywords, uuid, etc.  The Public/Private setting does not determine who can view/access the files and folders on your share.  Permissions are used to grant read/write access to the files and folders on your share.

Shares are always set to Public so that people you’ve granted permissions can find your share in order to access data.

I can see how "Visible To: Public -- Shares are visible to all users” can be confusing.  We’ll update that language to make the explanation of the setting clearer.

Brigitte

Globus Team

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[David Pierce]

Thanks Brigitte, appreciate the clarification.

Regards,

--Dave