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Access control

Mingle allows file owners to grant search permissions to other Mingle users on a file-by-file basis. You can specify your access control decisions using an access-right mapping where you map a Mingle user U to a local user name (or group name) u, meaning the Mingle user U is able to search all the files that are searchable by the mapped local user (or group) u.

The syntax of an access-right mapping request is the following: 

mingle addarp [-ug] mingle-id user-id (group-id)

Use the -u option if the user identified as mingle-id is mapped to a local user id user-id. Use the -g option for a local group id.

For example, 

mingle addarp -u mbovik bovik

maps the Mingle user with Mingle ID mbovik to a local user name bovik.

You can delete an access-right mapping entry by using the command mingle rmarp. For example, 

mingle rmarp -u mbovik bovik

You can use the command mingle cleararp to delete all access-right mappings associated with a specific Mingle user. For example, 

mingle cleararp mbovik

will delete all access-right mappings created for the Mingle ID mbovik.

Use the command mingle lsarp to check the current access-right mappings. For example, 

mingle lsarp mbovik

displays all the access-right mappings associated with Mingle ID mbovik. 

mingle lsarp

displays the access-right mappings for all the Mingle users that you have granted permissions.