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rjwb
Helpful | Level 7
7 years ago

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...
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dmasters
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

I don't have the same setup, I have windows 10 pro, not a server operating system which is the only thing I've seen in this thread as unsupported.

The problem is, when a file is synced from dropbox to our windows 10 machine, the file does not inherit the permissions from the folder it is in (on the windows 10 machine).

There are many other users here that have responded they are on windows 10, not windows server, and experiencing the same unexpected behavior... and we are all looking for a solution to this problem that dropbox recently introduced. 

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rjwb
Helpful | Level 7
6 years ago

dmasters I agree - the whole Windows Server issue is a red herring and a convenient excuse for Dropbox to close my support ticket down without answering the question!

Anyway, I'm soon to be an ex-customer...

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