[Enhancement]: allow guests only to see/upload to specific subfolders #690

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opened 2026-04-24 23:17:06 +02:00 by adam · 2 comments
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Originally created by @felixbro on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022).

Describe the feature/enhancement

Can you bring in the feature that allows certain users, preferably guests, to only upload and/or see certain subfolders?

guest settings

you could choose that guests can see the main folder including subfolders, but can only upload to the subfolder upload.
i created a few subfolders to avoid messing around with their unstructured file and folder naming in my organized main folder
in my case /{mainfolder}/upload

library settings

Originally created by @felixbro on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022). ### Describe the feature/enhancement Can you bring in the feature that allows certain users, preferably guests, to only upload **and/or** see certain subfolders? ![guest settings](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/64419976/195375275-5b179a36-e2ec-4756-952f-825f53bf5b62.jpg) you could choose that guests can see the main folder including subfolders, but can only upload to the subfolder `upload`. i created a few subfolders to avoid messing around with their unstructured file and folder naming in my organized main folder in my case `/{mainfolder}/upload` ![library settings](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/64419976/195376120-af8d5632-33bf-41ef-8527-de4a1ef197a9.jpg)
adam added the enhancement label 2026-04-24 23:17:06 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-24 23:17:06 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022):

Having a subfolder listed there will cause problems with abs scanner. The scanner scans every folder inside a library folder no matter how deeply nested, so this is going to cause some duplicates that may lead to other issues.

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2022): Having a subfolder listed there will cause problems with abs scanner. The scanner scans every folder inside a library folder no matter how deeply nested, so this is going to cause some duplicates that may lead to other issues.
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2022):

Restricting users to folders in a library is not planned

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2022): Restricting users to folders in a library is not planned
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#690