[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by flup

If a user is a guest, can I say they CAN'T see the downloadlink/url link BUT CAN see the filename/linkname and description?

In that case, this is what I'm looking for

Yes, you can configure it in this way, but you need to understand how the permissions system works, see instructions.txt.

a) Out of the box, all entries are available to all users and only administrators can create/edit links. The admin page provides a large number of permission settings to change this per user group.

b) You give each a url/download access permissions by 'associating' it with one of your board's forums which has the required permissions masks. The admin page can be used to provide a default forum.

c) You can set it up either so that usergroups only see the urls/downloads they are allowed to access, or so that they see everything but can't get at the file

d) You need to read the instructions file - in particular, look at the explanation of the admin parameters *default_forumid* and the group settings for *can_see_protected_links_on_portal*