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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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dragoner's avatar
dragoner
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

Ive got quite a few similar setups, and am now noticing this file permission problem. There is no way Dropbox have made a little change and are content with the broken file permission problem as a result. This is a typical cash grab companies go through to boost their profits etc. 

It's a dirty move to try and push users up to their higher tier plans.

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LGC
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

this is catastrophic for us as well. bad move dropbox!

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