Drupal private files download permission
Drupal's biggest strengths — ease of customization and flexible architecture — are also its main weaknesses... The easier it gets to get up a powerful, custom-made Drupal site up and running, with just some tweaking and modules mixing and matching, the higher are the chances that you mess up key configuration settings. And that you expose priceless private data all over the internet. So, the question that arises now is: how to secure private files in Drupal? How do you set up a private file system? And how do you properly and safely configure your private Drupal files permissions?