ECS: How to view a bucket by non-owning user in S3 Browser

Summary: How to view a bucket by non-owning user in S3 Browser.

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Issue: Non-owner user not able to see a bucket owned by another user although the non-owner user has permissions to Read/Write on that bucket in the S3 browser.

NOTE: This is not a problem. S3 browser is working as designed.

Resolution: Non-owner user must add the bucket externally in the S3 browser. As shown below:

Scenario:
owner_user: S3 user - Also has ACL permissions set on guest_bucket.
owner_bucket: S3 bucket owned by owner_user
another_owner_bucket: S3 bucket is also owned by owner_user
guest_user: S3 user owning bucket guest_bucket
guest_bucket: S3 bucket owned by guest_user

  1. Current situation: owner_user cannot see guest_bucket although ACL permissions are given to read and write.
    Bucket Management / Bucket guest_bucket

    owner bucket

  2. For owner_user to be able to view guest_bucket (owned by another user), guest_bucket must be added as External Bucket.
    UI showing buckets option

    UI showing add external bucket option

  3. Hence, owner_user can view guest_bucket on S3 browser and perform read/write operations according to the ACL permissions given.
    UI showing guest bucket after creation

 

Affected Products

ECS Appliance

Products

ECS Appliance
Article Properties
Article Number: 000019806
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 28 Mar 2025
Version:  6
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