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DSG
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Permissions for Sub-Folders

Hi People,   Drop box Business user.   We have 3 folders at the highest level..   Folder 1 Folder 2 Team folder   We have different permissions for access to Folder 1 & Folder 2 depending o...
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  • Sanchez's avatar
    Sanchez
    8 years ago
    Hi there, 
     
    Any sub-folder will inherit the sharing properties of the parent folder. That is, if you give users access to a folder, they will be able to access any sub-folders within it. If you add other users to the sub-folders, and they will not have access to the folders above it, but they will be able to access anything within the folder (and subsequent sub-folders). Here’s a bit more info
    With Team folders, you have to create groups for the initial share of the folder. A group can consist of one or more users. Within the Team folder, you can then create sub-folders, and share with individual users. 
     
    I hope this helps! 
    Thanks
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Sanchez
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Hi there, 
 
Any sub-folder will inherit the sharing properties of the parent folder. That is, if you give users access to a folder, they will be able to access any sub-folders within it. If you add other users to the sub-folders, and they will not have access to the folders above it, but they will be able to access anything within the folder (and subsequent sub-folders). Here’s a bit more info
With Team folders, you have to create groups for the initial share of the folder. A group can consist of one or more users. Within the Team folder, you can then create sub-folders, and share with individual users. 
 
I hope this helps! 
Thanks
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MannyIT
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

This shouldn't be marked as solved as the suggested solution isn't an adequate solution to the Dropbox product limitation being highlighed on this thread.

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