Use the No Access Connection Override

This article shows how to remove a specific connection from a user/group effective view without changing the entire Workspace audience or deleting the connection association.

When to use No Access

Use No Access when a Joomla group should enter the Workspace but must not use one particular connection that other groups in the same Workspace can use.

How to configure it

  1. Edit the Workspace.
  2. Find/add the affected Joomla group under Allowed user groups.
  3. Open Connection overrides.
  4. Set the specific connection to No Access; leave ordinary connections on Use Workspace Role.
  5. Save and test with that group. The denied connection must be absent/unusable while other permitted Workspace connections remain available.

How to do it

  1. Open Workspaces and edit the Workspace that contains the connection.
  2. Locate the affected Joomla group under Allowed user groups.
  3. In that group’s connection-specific overrides, choose the connection and set its override to No Access.
  4. Save the Workspace.
  5. Sign in as a user from that group and confirm the connection is absent/unusable while the user can still access other Workspace connections allowed by the general role.

Verify the result

  • Test Connection succeeds.
  • The displayed/usable root is exactly the intended root and no parent folder is reachable.
  • A normal authorized user can perform only the operations intended for that connection/Workspace role.

Important limits and mistakes to avoid

  • Never broaden a connection root merely to work around a permission or provider error; fix the actual root/credential/hosting problem.

Troubleshooting

  • If the provider is unreachable, test the connection in Administrator before troubleshooting the Workspace UI.
  • Keep passwords, OAuth secrets/tokens, private keys, and unrestricted private paths out of public screenshots and support posts.

Community Discussion

For practical QCSB workflows and discussion with other Joomla site owners, visit the QC Storage Bridge Community. For private support, bug reports, account-specific entitlement issues, or feature requests, use the QuantaCade support system.