Depending on where you create a new folder, particular rights are assigned to you.
in a personal folder
in a public folder
in a shared folder
If you create a new folder in a personal folder:
You are the owner.
Other users inherit the permissions which they have for the parent folder.
If you create a new folder in the
folder:You are the owner.
Other users will get no rights. You have to set the permissions for the new folder. If you then create new subfolders in this folder, the permissions for this folder are inherited by the new subfolders. Information on granting permissions can be found in 11.2.4: Sharing folders.