How Can Users Modify Folder Permissions?
What is the Difference Between Owner, Full, Editor, Viewer, and Viewer-Only Permissions?
How are Permissions Assigned when a User has Multiple Permission Levels for the Same Folder?
How Can a User Look at the Current Permissions for Folders?
How to Assign Permissions to a File?
Can Permissions Be Modified on the Egnyte Mobile App?
How to Exclude a Specific User in a Group from a Folder?
How Can a User Migrate Their Current Permissions Policy to Egnyte?
How to Assign Permissions to External Collaborators?
What are the Permissions for Private Folders?
How Do I Prevent a User from Accidentally Deleting or Moving a Folder?
What is a None Permission?
Can Permissions for Admins Be Modified?
How are Permissions Inherited Between a Parent and Child Folder?
How Can Users Modify Folder Permissions?
Select the desired folder by checking the box next to it or by right-clicking on the folder. Click Permissions from the context menu.
If the user has already opened the folder, they can also change permissions by selecting the Permissions button from the options at the top.
What is the Difference Between Owner, Full, Editor, Viewer, and Viewer-Only Permissions?
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Viewer -Only (Limited Availability) |
Viewer |
Editor |
Full |
Owner* |
| Download/Read Files, Folders | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Copy Files, Folders | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Upload/Edit Files, Folders | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create Sub-folder | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rename Files, Folders | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Move Files, Folders | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Delete Files, Folders, or Versions |
No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Edit Folder Sharing | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Create Upload Links | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Set Permissions | No | No | No | No | Yes |
How are Permissions Assigned when a User Has Multiple Permission Levels for the Same Folder?
User permissions always take precedence over group permissions (even if the group permission is set at a deeper level within the folder hierarchy). For example, if Alex is part of a group that has Full access and Alex also has individual Editor access to the same folder, Alex will have Editor permissions for that folder.
If the user has NONE permissions that were set through the Permissions API, group permissions will override the NONE user permission. Learn more about the NONE permission here.
If a user is part of two groups with varying permission levels, the higher permission level takes precedence. For example, if Taylor is part of a group that has Full access and another group that has Editor access to the same folder, Taylor will have Full access to that folder.
For individual user permissions, the permission set at the deepest level of the folder hierarchy takes precedence. For example, if Jamie has Full access to the Finance folder and Editor access to the nested Payroll folder, Jamie will have Editor access for the Payroll folder.
How Can a User Look at the Current Permissions for Folders?
The easiest way to see the current folder permissions is to run a Folder Permissions Report. Users can learn how to run this report here. Only Administrators can access this report by default. However, Administrators can enable certain Power Users to run reports using role-based administration.
Users can also open the Manage Folder Permissions window to view the permissions for only that folder (no child or sub-folders).
How to Assign Permissions to a File?
Permissions can only be assigned to a folder, not a file. Files inherit the permissions of their parent folder.
Can Permissions be Modified on the Egnyte Mobile App?
Yes, folder owners can modify permissions in the Egnyte mobile app.
How to Exclude a Specific User in a Group from a Folder?
Permissions are assigned at the user and group levels. Ensure that only the desired users are in the group that is given permissions for that folder.
How Can a User Migrate Their Current Permissions Policy to Egnyte?
Migration App can migrate files, folders, and folder permissions from an on-premises server to Egnyte. Otherwise, contact support@egnyte.com to assistance with the permissions migration.
How to Assign Permissions to External Collaborators?
Open folder permissions from the Permissions option and type in the email address of the external collaborator. The user will be prompted to create a new Standard User account for the external collaborator.
Enter the user details and choose the permission type for this user. Then click on the Invite new users button.
What are the Permissions for Private folders?
All folders that are under the Private folder (/Private/{username}) give that user and all administrators Full permissions. No other users will have access. Private folder permissions cannot be modified.
How Do I Prevent a User from Accidentally Deleting or Moving a Folder?
Administrators and users with owner permissions can use the fixed folder setting. For more information, refer to the Delete & Move Permissions section of this article.
What is a None Permission?
A None permission denies the specified user or group any access to the folder. The None permission can only be set via the Permissions API.
Can Permissions for Admins Be Modified?
All Administrators have Owner permissions for all folders under Shared. Permissions for Admins cannot be modified. Instead, one may want to set up the user as a Power User and use role-based administration to assign certain Admin functions to the user.
How are Permissions Inherited Between a Parent and Child Folder?
By default, permissions are inherited directly from the parent folder (waterfall permissions). If the permissions for the parent and child folder conflict, the permissions for the child folder takes precedence. If the user and group permissions conflict, the user permissions takes precedence. If one choose to disable folder inheritance for a folder, then it will no longer inherit permissions from its parent folder.