You can share data with read access by creating a public link. You can give this link to other persons. Everyone who gets this link can view the data.
You have the following options.
You can set a password for the access.
You can define that the link expires after a specific time frame, e.g. after one month.
You can revoke the public link.
How to share data with read access by using a public link:
Note: Before using this function on a Mac OS workstation, you have to enable the Drive Finder Extension.
Open the local Drive folder in your system's file browser.
Open a folder's or file's context menu in the local Drive folder. Select this function:
on a MS Windows system:
on a Mac OS system:
A window opens. It contains a public link for a read access to the share.
To share the link, you have the following options.
To insert the link into other applications, click the
icon next to the link.In order to directly send the link per E-Mail, click on
.Enter the wanted E-Mail addresses. If required, enter a message.
You have the following options.
Per default, the data are shared with read access for an unlimited time. To set a time limit for the access to the shared data, enable
. Select a date.To protect the access with a password, enable
. Enter a password. To view the password as plain text, click the icon.If you send the public link per E-Mail, the E-Mail contains the password.
In order to revoke the access to a shared item, click on
.Click on
.Also see
Parent topic: On a Workstation