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there is already a discussion with also some possible reasons about that here: https://forum.typo3.org/index.php?t=msg&th=208963

Hello,
are there any updates or bugfixes I can implement to fix this problem?

Could you try to add this to your TCA overrides:

$GLOBALS['TCA']['your_table']['ctrl']['security']['ignoreRootLevelRestriction'] = true;
$GLOBALS['TCA']['your_table']['ctrl']['security']['ignoreWebMountRestriction'] = true;
$GLOBALS['TCA']['your_table']['ctrl']['rootLevel'] = -1;

so for sys_file_reference:

$GLOBALS['TCA']['sys_file_reference']['ctrl']['security']['ignoreRootLevelRestriction'] = true;
$GLOBALS['TCA']['sys_file_reference']['ctrl']['security']['ignoreWebMountRestriction'] = true;
$GLOBALS['TCA']['sys_file_reference']['ctrl']['rootLevel'] = -1;

@Frans Saris I just tested the TCA overrides you suggest - unfortunately, they do not help. I think the problem lies elsewhere: #76229 (which you closed as a duplicate of this issue).

I couldn't get it work with this TCA settings, too.

The file references on file meta data are stored with the page uid of the parent record. This is page uid 0. Only admin users have access to that page. Therefore normal editors cant edit any inline file references on file meta data stored on page 0.

The extenstion "DAM" handled this differently with storing the file and meta data on a normal sys folder. The relations did not even use a pid.

I tried to implement a workaround in 7.6 LTS by using the "tceformsInlineHook", but i cant really rebuild the missing icons with that, because of limited incoming data to the hook. Basically missing is creating the correct object id for the data attribute on the buttons.

Another workaround would be the TCA option "foreign_record_defaults". But unfortunately, the field "pid" is not allowed there.

The suggested TCA settings dont work.

So last option is to hack the core ( bypass permission check "sys_file_reference" table ) until there is a solution for this behavior.

Possible solutions:

- Store file meta data on a regular page / folder like DAM
- Allow the attribute "pid" in TCA option "foreign_record_defaults"
- Bypass permission check in file list when using inline relation for "sys_file_reference" / "sys_file_metadata" table

Checked on a fresh install version 8 LTS and 9.0.0-dev with the following TCA:

\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::addTCAcolumns('sys_file_metadata', array(
    'attachments' => array(
        'exclude' => 1,
        'label' => 'LLL:EXT:as_formular_center/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf:sys_file_metadata.as_attachments',
        'config' => \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::getFileFieldTCAConfig(
            'files',
            array(
                'appearance' => array(
                    'createNewRelationLinkTitle' => 'LLL:EXT:cms/locallang_ttc.xlf:files.addFileReference'
                )
            )
        )
    )
));
\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::addToAllTCAtypes('sys_file_metadata', 'attachments', '', 'after:source');

got a edit button in the backend and can edit the metadata with a "non-admin" user. May be the problem is solved in newer versions and could be closed?

Unfortunately the delete button is missing, i will open a separate bug ticket for this.

Good news! But it would be nice to fix this in at least TYPO3 7. Our client suffers now a long time already AND will still because it will take a long while until this project will be V.8 !!!

I will try to confirm this - when I find time