Blocking history of pages for anonymous users

Question

I need to block the change history (from the tools menu) for anonymous users. Is there a way to do this?

Sam_ul1apk · Answer

Hi Guilherme,

Does this solution still works for Confluence server 5.9.9
https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-do-i-prevent-anonymous-users-from-using-page-history-317196367.html ?

GuilhermeA · Answer

Hello Katherine, Intrigued by your request I have made a workaround using Velocity in order to avoid this to happen. We will need to modify the viewpreviousversion.vm from /confluence/pages/ you can save a copy and edit all the content to the code below. Please change the custom message on the last lines accordingly to your needs as well. :) $action.getText("title.view.previous.versions") - $!page.title #applyDecorator("root") #decoratorParam("helper" $action.helper) #decoratorParam("mode" "view-information") #decoratorParam("calendar-width" "200px") #decoratorParam("context" "$action.page.type") ## PERMISSION TO CHECK IF USER IS ANONYMOUS, IF ANONYMOUS THERE IS NO HISTORY FOR IT :) #if ($action.remoteUser != $null) #requireResource("confluence.web.resources:page-history")

#if( $action.isRevertPermitted()) #end #if( $action.isRevertPermitted()) #end #if( $previousVersions ) #foreach( $oldPage in $previousVersions ) #if( $action.isRevertPermitted()) #end #end #end

	$action.getText("heading.version.number")	$action.getText("heading.version.date")	$action.getText("heading.comment")	$action.getText("heading.operations")
	$action.getText("current.version") (v. $page.version)	$dateFormatter.formatDateTime($page.lastModificationDate)	#usernameLink ($page.lastModifierName)#if ($page.versionCommentAvailable): $page.renderedVersionComment#end ## Only put in a break if there's a comment
	v. $oldPage.version	$dateFormatter.formatDateTime( $oldPage.lastModificationDate )	#usernameLink ($oldPage.lastModifierName)#if ($oldPage.versionCommentAvailable): ($oldPage.renderedVersionComment)#end ## Only put in a break if there's a comment	#if ($oldPage.version>0) $action.getText("restore.this.version") #end

$action.getText('return.to.page.info')

#else ## CUSTOM MESSAGE TO ANONYMOUS USER

Unfortunately as Anonymous you lack permission to use the page History, for further information please contact Confluence Administrators #end #end Hope this helps you get on the right track. If you need any tweak let me know! Cheers, Guilherme

Giuliano C. · Answer

Hi Katherine,

Unfortunately, from my thoughts Confluence doesn't work with this Feature, since you block anonymous to view a page, you will block him to see all content, you are not able just to block the history of the page. However, if you wish, we can create a Feature Request for you and see how it will goes.

Thanks a lot for your comprehension.

Kind Regards,

Giuliano Tenedini