Share

To share a private folder, open the Share tab. Use the Search for users and Search for groups selection menus to find one or more users or groups, you want to grant access to your new private folder. Click on the Add users or Add groups buttons, to add all selected entries from the selection menu to your Access Control List, displayed in Set rights for selected users and groups. The Access configuration can be done, using the select menus of each row, shown for every user, added to the Access control List. From left to right, the following list fields exist:

User:

The first list field of each row shows, you that in this row the permissions for one "user" are defined. A special selection in the list field is not necessary.

Folder Permissions:

Use this list field to access level for the private folder itself. By default users have no access level to the private folder. There are four levels of folder permissions that can be granted to a particular user, listed in the Access Control List:

  1. +Read Folder

  2. +Create Objects in Folder

  3. +Create Subfolders

  4. +Admin

If you select the option Read folder the selected user is allowed to read and open the folder, but he can't create new objects and subfolders. If you select the Create Objects in Folder option he is additionally allowed to create objects in this shared folder. To allow him to create subfolders as well, you have to select the option Create folders. "Delete"-permissions Delete rights for a shared private folder are are only granted, if you select the Admin option.

Object read permissions:

Use this list field to define the read permission for objects, stored in the private folder, you want to share. By default users just added to the Access Control List have no read right to objects, stored in the private folder. There are three levels of object read rights that can be granted to a particular user, listed in the Access Control List:

  1. +Read own objects

  2. +Read all Objects

  3. +Admin

If you select the option Read own objects the selected user is only allowed to view objects, owned by him. If you select the Read all objects, he is additionally allowed to open and view objects that where owned by other users.

Object write permissions:

Use this list field to define the write right for objects, stored in the private folder, you want to share. By default users just added to the Access Control List have no write right to objects, stored in the private folder. There are three levels of object write rights that can be granted to a particular user, listed in the Access Control List:

  1. +Edit own objects

  2. +Edit all Objects

  3. +Admin

If you select the option Edit own objects the selected user is only allowed to edit objects, owned by him. If you select the Edit all objects, he is additionally allowed to edit objects, stored in the private folder to share, that where owned by other users.

Object delete permissions:

Use this list field to define the delete permission for objects, stored in the private folder, you want to share. By default users just added to the Access Control List have no delete permissions for objects, stored in the private folder. There are three levels of delete permissions that can be granted to a particular user, listed in the Access Control List:

  1. +Delete own objects

  2. +Delete all Objects

  3. +Admin

If you select the option Delete own objects the selected user is only allowed to delete objects, owned by him. If you select the Delete all objects, he is additionally allowed to delete objects, stored in the private folder to share, that where owned by other users.