Organizing Data

Permissions

11.2.3. Permissions for new folders

Depending on where you create a new folder, particular rights are assigned to you.

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 Public files 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.

If you create a new folder in the shared folder of another user:

  • The user who shared the folder, gets Admin permissions for the new folder.

  • You are the owner.

  • Other users will get the same rights as for the parent folder.