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Dropbox files no longer inherit folder permissions
Within my Dropbox folder, I have sub-folders with different Windows ACL permissions. Up until recently, whenever Dropbox synced a file it inherited its folder permissions perfectly.
Now it no longe...
The Dropbox folder is syncing OK as far as I know:
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On the second device the ACL permissions are:
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Until recently, Dropbox 'respected' the ACL permissions on both devices and the files inherited the permissions from each device's respective parent folder. Now it seems like Dropbox is insisting files are written with their own specific permissions? This has only been a problem in the last few weeks - I have had this setup running since 2012!
Jane
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffYes that's fine
Thanks!
Can you update this thread with your findings please. I'm having the exact same problem.
Will do - I suspect I will just be told that I am using Dropbox in an unsupported configuration - but let's see.
I am already looking for alternatives to Dropbox on that basis, but it's a shame that something that has been working for 8 years should now break. It's also pretty fundamental to Windows that applications respect ACL permissions on a folder!
- Jane
@jane I'm having this exact same problem. Can you please fill me in on what the resolution was? Can you please create a support request for me as well, if that's what it takes? This is a major problem for us.
It worked! Thanks .@Brian1
Brian1 wrote:aluxThere was no resolution. This is Dropbox we're talking about, after all. They're thinking on it (see recent posts).
Meanwhile, see the explanation and workaround from XLI a month ago:
Brian1 wrote:aluxThere was no resolution. This is Dropbox we're talking about, after all. They're thinking on it (see recent posts).
Meanwhile, see the explanation and workaround from XLI a month ago:
