I have DNN 4.9 and DMX 5. When I right-click a folder or a file, it doesn't show the choice of 'Open in Windows Explorer'. Also, if I try to add a Network Place manually, it won't authenticate me.

So I have two questions. How do I get the right-click menu item, and which account am I authenticating with, the dotnetnuke account or windows account?

 

Eric

 

Also, how do permissions work between having a page that is only visible to admins that has the root of the directory compared to a page with DMX that shows a subfolder? Which permissions are effective from which page and module?

Hi Eric,

First question: the option will show if (1) webdav is active, and (2) if you have permission to use webdav. Permissions are checked against DNN always. DMX is agnostic about anything outside DNN. This means there are multiple points of failure. To debug check that in the Main Options page WebDAV is switched on and you are in an authorized role. Also, it sometimes makes sense to log in as admin instead of host. The host doesn't belong to any roles in a portal, you see.
If you're positive WebDAV is switched on and you still can't see the 'Open in Windows Explorer' item on the menu, then we must go deeper. One way is to switch to debug mode (Main Options page visible when logged in as host). This creates a file LastRequestedMenu.Xml under portals/0/DMX/Temp. This XML file holds all relevant data for the menu, including permissions that you have etc. It is generated every time you click/right-click on something. You can send that to me by email to have a look at if you want.

Second question: the DNN page visibility overrides anything within the module for the simple fact that if users can't see a page they can't access DMX. Once a user can see the module they see only content that they're allowed to see. The content within DMX is unaware of settings on page/module level.

Peter