diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/util/XslUtil.java b/core/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/util/XslUtil.java
index 344ce2b2d77..427ce66bb37 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/util/XslUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/util/XslUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2023 Food and Agriculture Organization of the
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2024 Food and Agriculture Organization of the
  * United Nations (FAO-UN), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
  * and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  *
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 import org.fao.geonet.api.records.attachments.FilesystemStore;
 import org.fao.geonet.api.records.attachments.FilesystemStoreResourceContainer;
 import org.fao.geonet.api.records.attachments.Store;
+import org.fao.geonet.api.records.attachments.StoreFolderConfig;
 import org.fao.geonet.constants.Geonet;
 import org.fao.geonet.domain.*;
 import org.fao.geonet.index.es.EsRestClient;
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@
 import org.owasp.esapi.errors.EncodingException;
 import org.owasp.esapi.reference.DefaultEncoder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ public static MultiPolygon parseGml(Parser parser, String gml) throws IOExceptio
         if (value instanceof HashMap) {
             @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
             HashMap map = (HashMap) value;
-            List<Polygon> geoms = new ArrayList<Polygon>();
+            List<Polygon> geoms = new ArrayList<>();
             for (Object entry : map.values()) {
                 addToList(geoms, entry);
             }
@@ -283,7 +285,7 @@ public static MultiPolygon toMultiPolygon(Geometry geometry) {
     private static final char CS_DEFAULT = ',';
     private static final char TS_WKT = ',';
     private static final char CS_WKT = ' ';
-    private static ThreadLocal<Boolean> allowScripting = new InheritableThreadLocal<Boolean>();
+    private static ThreadLocal<Boolean> allowScripting = new InheritableThreadLocal<>();
 
     /**
      * clean the src of ' and <>
@@ -1063,7 +1065,10 @@ public static String reprojectCoords(Object minx, Object miny, Object maxx,
             Element elemRet = new Element("EX_GeographicBoundingBox", ISO19139Namespaces.GMD);
 
             boolean forceXY = Boolean.getBoolean(System.getProperty("org.geotools.referencing.forceXY", "false"));
-            Element elemminx, elemmaxx, elemminy, elemmaxy;
+            Element elemminx;
+            Element elemmaxx;
+            Element elemminy;
+            Element elemmaxy;
             if (forceXY) {
                 elemminx = new Element("westBoundLongitude", ISO19139Namespaces.GMD)
                     .addContent(new Element("Decimal", ISO19139Namespaces.GCO).setText("" + reprojected.getMinX()));
@@ -1480,7 +1485,7 @@ public static String getIsoLanguageLabel(String code, String language) {
 
 
     public static List<String> getKeywordHierarchy(String keyword, String thesaurusId, String langCode) {
-        List<String> res = new ArrayList<String>();
+        List<String> res = new ArrayList<>();
         if (StringUtils.isEmpty(thesaurusId)) {
             return res;
         }
@@ -1711,4 +1716,20 @@ private static List<Element> buildRecordLink(SearchHits hits, String type) {
     public static String escapeForJson(String value) {
         return StringEscapeUtils.escapeJson(value);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * get the metadata data directory folder privileges strategy
+     *
+     * @return the folder privileges strategy to be used.
+     */
+    public static StoreFolderConfig.FolderPrivilegesStrategy getResourceFolderPrivilegesStrategy() {
+        try {
+            StoreFolderConfig storeFolderConfig = BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils.qualifiedBeanOfType(ApplicationContextHolder.get().getBeanFactory(), StoreFolderConfig.class, "storeFolderConfig");
+            return storeFolderConfig.getFolderPrivilegesStrategy();
+
+        } catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
+            return StoreFolderConfig.FolderPrivilegesStrategy.DEFAULT;
+
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/filestore/partials/filestore.html b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/filestore/partials/filestore.html
index f650c59f205..dcec688aaa1 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/filestore/partials/filestore.html
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/filestore/partials/filestore.html
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
               <i class="fa fa-eye"></i>
             </a>
           </td>
-          <td>
+          <td data-ng-if="gnCurrentEdit.resourceFolderPrivilegesStrategy == 'DEFAULT'">
             <a
               class="btn btn-link"
               title="{{'setResourceStatus' | translate}}"
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/metadatamanager/EditorService.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/metadatamanager/EditorService.js
index 527e6f8b2ae..d7a068e4cfc 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/metadatamanager/EditorService.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/metadatamanager/EditorService.js
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@
             resourceManagementExternalProperties: angular.fromJson(
               getInputValue("resourceManagementExternalProperties")
             ),
+            resourceFolderPrivilegesStrategy: getInputValue(
+              "resourceFolderPrivilegesStrategy"
+            ),
             extent: extent,
             dataFormats: dataFormats,
             isMinor: getInputValue("minor") === "true",
diff --git a/web/src/main/webapp/xslt/common/base-variables-metadata.xsl b/web/src/main/webapp/xslt/common/base-variables-metadata.xsl
index 1ea889b8235..d5dbd40da5f 100644
--- a/web/src/main/webapp/xslt/common/base-variables-metadata.xsl
+++ b/web/src/main/webapp/xslt/common/base-variables-metadata.xsl
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@
   <xsl:variable name="resourceManagementExternalProperties"
                 select="util:getResourceManagementExternalProperties()"/>
 
+  <xsl:variable name="resourceFolderPrivilegesStrategy"
+                select="util:getResourceFolderPrivilegesStrategy()"/>
+
   <xsl:variable name="isDisplayingAttributes"
                 select="if (/root/request/displayAttributes)
                         then /root/request/displayAttributes = 'true'
diff --git a/web/src/main/webapp/xslt/ui-metadata/edit/edit.xsl b/web/src/main/webapp/xslt/ui-metadata/edit/edit.xsl
index d56899b6d5d..db9204e3d9f 100644
--- a/web/src/main/webapp/xslt/ui-metadata/edit/edit.xsl
+++ b/web/src/main/webapp/xslt/ui-metadata/edit/edit.xsl
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
           <input type="hidden" id="otherLanguages" value="{$metadataOtherLanguagesAsJson}"/>
           <input type="hidden" id="resourceContainerDescription" value="{$resourceContainerDescription}"/>
           <input type="hidden" id="resourceManagementExternalProperties" value="{$resourceManagementExternalProperties}"/>
+          <input type="hidden" id="resourceFolderPrivilegesStrategy" value="{$resourceFolderPrivilegesStrategy}"/>
           <input type="hidden" id="version" name="version" value="{$metadata/gn:info/version}"/>
           <input type="hidden" id="currTab" name="currTab" value="{$tab}"/>
           <input type="hidden" id="displayAttributes" name="displayAttributes"