1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/fields/util.ts b/src/fields/util.ts
index c708affe3..8fb35981b 100644
--- a/src/fields/util.ts
+++ b/src/fields/util.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ const _setterImpl = action(function (target: any, prop: string | symbol | number
             delete target.__fields[prop];
         } else {
             target.__fieldKeys && (target.__fieldKeys[prop] = true);
+            // if (target.__fields[prop] !== value) {
+            //     console.log("ASSIGN " + prop + " " + value);
+            // }
             target.__fields[prop] = value;
         }
         //if (typeof value === "object" && !(value instanceof ObjectField)) debugger;
@@ -138,10 +141,11 @@ export function denormalizeEmail(email: string) {
  * Copies parent's acl fields to the child
  */
 export function inheritParentAcls(parent: Doc, child: Doc) {
+    return;
     const dataDoc = parent[DataSym];
     for (const key of Object.keys(dataDoc)) {
         // if the default acl mode is private, then don't inherit the acl-Public permission, but set it to private.
-        const permission = (key === "acl-Public" && Doc.UserDoc().defaultAclPrivate) ? AclPrivate : dataDoc[key];
+        const permission = (key === "acl-Public" && Doc.defaultAclPrivate) ? AclPrivate : dataDoc[key];
         key.startsWith("acl") && distributeAcls(key, permission, child);
     }
 }
@@ -175,8 +179,11 @@ const getEffectiveAclCache = computedFn(function (target: any, user?: string) {
  * Calculates the effective access right to a document for the current user.
  */
 export function GetEffectiveAcl(target: any, user?: string): symbol {
-    return !target ? AclPrivate :
-        target[UpdatingFromServer] ? AclAdmin : getEffectiveAclCache(target, user);// all changes received from the server must be processed as Admin.  return this directly so that the acls aren't cached (UpdatingFromServer is not observable)
+    if (!target) return AclPrivate;
+    if (target[UpdatingFromServer]) return AclAdmin;
+    // authored documents are private until an ACL is set.
+    if (!target[AclSym] && target.author && target.author !== Doc.CurrentUserEmail) return AclPrivate;
+    return getEffectiveAclCache(target, user);// all changes received from the server must be processed as Admin.  return this directly so that the acls aren't cached (UpdatingFromServer is not observable)
 }
 
 function getPropAcl(target: any, prop: string | symbol | number) {