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Rob E.13
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
Per User Create-Only and Read-Only
Here's what I would like to be able to do:
* User A Creates Folder X
* User A Invites Users B and C to folder X
* Inside that folder users A, B and C can Create files/folders
* Inside that folder users A, B and C can Read any file/folder
* Inside that folder only user A can Edit a file/folder once it is created
Basically, A has Admin rights and B and C can only Read and Create but cannot Update or Delete. I'm trying to create an append-only system, but where A can "fix" things if need be. Is it possible to set something like this up with Dropbox? Can this be done entirely through the JavaScript API?
Note: For my scenario, it would also be acceptable to allow Edit of files by Creators only, if the Create-Only with No-Edit combination isn't possible. The real problem is that if B Creates a file Y, then C should not be able to Edit Y. I would prefer neither of them being able to edit it, but I could live with B being able to Edit it.
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- Greg-DB10 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox doesn't offer a permission model for shared folders quite like what you're looking for. You can find more information about the permissions available for shared folders here:
https://www.dropbox.com/help/5823
In any case, the Dropbox API doesn't currently offer calls for managing shared folders anyway, though this is a highly requested feature we hope to release in the future.
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