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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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SLWelsh's avatar
SLWelsh
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

So what's the fix or workaround? Or do I need to just move to a different file-sharing service?

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Walter
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6 years ago

Your best bet at this point would be to utilize one of our core features which is shared folders SLWelsh.

So instead of giving those permissions to other Windows users that are within your network, share a folder with them by using their email addresses. 

Let me know how it goes. 

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