Permissions define what a user can do with a particular folder and its contents.
- As internal user you have preset permissions for existing folders.When creating a new folder, you will be granted the preset permissions.
- When inviting other persons to a shared item, you grant them particular permissions.
You have the following permissions for folders that already exist:
- You are the owner of your personal folders. As an owner you have the same permissions as an administrator:
- You have all permissions for this folder.
- You can grant other persons permissions for the folder, but no administrator permissions.
- In public folders, you can create folders and share them with other persons.
- In the folder, you are allowed to read objects.
When creating a new folder, you will be granted the following permissions:
- If you create a new folder in a personal folder:
- You are the owner of the new folder.
- If you create a subfolder in a shared folder in the Email or Drive app, the subfolder will be shared as well.
- If you create a folder as public folder:
- You are the owner of the new folder.
- Other users will get no rights. You have to set the permissions for the new folder. You can grant other users all kinds of permissions.
- If you create a new folder in the shared folder of another user:
- The user who shared the folder is the administrator of the new folder.
- You are the author of the new folder.An author is allowed to change or delete existing objects, to create and edit new objects, and to create subfolders.
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