There does NOT seem to be ANY way to utilize Private File System in Media Library (although documentation mentions that it is possible for D8.)
Not at the Content Type Field Level via Manage Fields nor at the Configuration > Media Library screens
Tested in Drupal 9.4.4.
Create and configure Drupal 9 Private File system in settings.php
Ex:
/**
* Private file system settings in Drupal 9
**/
$settings['file_private_path'] = $app_root . '/../private_files';
Then try and create a Media field in your content type.
You will notice that regular File fields can use Private Files, but not Media fields.
This confusion has come up for other people before:
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https://www.drupal.org/forum/support/post-installation/2022-02-17/make-m... →
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https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/core/modules/file/overview →
<< this talks about regular Files, but not how they relate to Media
Document that the private file setting needs to be configured on the file field within the media type.
Update documentation on this page https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/core/modules/media/setting-up-private-acce... → to pair with Inform users that media items don't inherit access control from parents 📌 Inform users that media items don't inherit access control from parents Needs work or better on a separate page within https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/core/modules/media/overview → (as an individual media item can still be unpublished or access controlled some other way, and private files will respect that if configured).
Should be able to globally set this in Media Library configuration pages, here:
* admin/config/media/media-library
* admin/config/media/media-settings
And at the Manage Field level of the Content Type as well
None.
None.
Needs work
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I added documentation to https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/core/modules/media/setting-up-private-acce... → . So I am closing this Support Request.
Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.