Providing access to a private resource in an enterprise social networking system

A method for providing access to a private resource accessible to only authorized users, the method comprising:

• providing, to a user device associated with a first user of a social networking system, publisher data capable of being processed to display, in a user interface on the user device, a publisher configured to share feed items in a feed of the social networking system, the publisher comprising a first selection configured to receive requests to share information in a feed item in the feed;
• obtaining a first request via the first selection to share content associated with the private resource with a second user of the social networking system, the first request identifying the second user;
• responsive to the first request, determining that the second user is not one of the authorized users;
• responsive to determining that the second user is not one of the authorized users, providing, to the user device, selection data capable of being processed to display, in the user interface on the user device, a second selection configured to receive requests to provision access to the private resource to a user;
• obtaining a second request via the second selection to provision access to the private resource to the second user;
• and
• responsive to the second request, providing, to a device having a display, control data capable of being processed to display one or more controls configured to control granting access to the private resource to the second user.

A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code capable of being executed by one or more processors when retrieved from a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program code comprising instructions configurable to cause:

• providing, to a user device associated with a first user of a social networking system, publisher data capable of being processed to display, in a user interface on the user device, a publisher configured to share feed items in a feed of the social networking system, the publisher comprising a first selection configured to receive requests to share information in a feed item in the feed;
• obtaining a first request via the first selection to share content associated with a private resource with a second user of the social networking system, the first request identifying the second user;
• responsive to the first request, determining that the second user is not one of a plurality of authorized users;
• responsive to determining that the second user is not one of the authorized users, providing, to the user device, selection data capable of being processed to display, in the user interface on the user device, a second selection configured to receive requests to provision access to the private resource to a user;
• obtaining a second request via the second selection to provision access to the private resource to the second user;
• and
• responsive to the second request, providing, to a device having a display, control data capable of being processed to display one or more controls configured to control granting access to the private resource to the second user.