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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...
rjwbAgree, and I'm also on that path, but this issue goes to all clients, not just Windows Server. In fact, my issue originated on Win 2012 R2, which I pointed out in the first email, but he basically dismissed that as not being a factor, as it applied to all clients. I'll probably have moved off Dropbox before (or if) they fix this, but even if you plan to bail on them, I'd still ping them, if only for those staying on the platform.
I have been using file sharing services since FolderShare was released in 2005. Keep in mind that every platform has it's own idiosyncrasies, and it can take quite a while to find and resolve them. Dropbox has it's share, but I know and can manage them. It generally works well, and I don't relish going through a qualification process for any new platform. To say you're going to bail and actually do it in a business environment where operation is critical are two different things.
If anyone has specific experience with file sharing services that they feel are as robust and cross platform as Dropbox, and do not suffer from this ACL issue, sound off... I'd like to know what you all might recommend.
Microsoft OneDrive is an obivous choice for us, as we use O365 and it's included in that service, but not sure it'll do what we need.
pwc thanks for the template letter. This problem first appeared sometime in December 2019 or earlier. I first noticed it around Dec 10th.
Your steps to reproduce are exactly what I found too.
The issue is not that the Machine A is a server but that Machine A wants to share some files from the Dropbox folder to other users on the LAN but restrict the ability to edit/delete those files. And this may vary from folder to folder and user to user. You should be able to do this without every user involved having there own installation on Dropbox.
