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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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pwc
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Has anyone been able to do a more complete evaluation of sync.com? It has all of the features I'd like to see, include 365-day rewind, plus granular access control within the cloud content itself (not just the top-level access control Dropbox offers), and it's half the price.

I hope to do a more thorough evaluation of sync in hte near future, will post anything useful I find. I really don't want to make the move, it'll be painful, but I need to resolve this issue. I'd stay with Dropbox, even considering the price difference, as I've otherwise had a very good experience with them, but not if this issue cannot be resolved.

As a side note, I've found that running the scheduled task in the early morning that resets the ACLs within the Dropbox folder has mostly resolved the problem, as most external changes are coming in from my users working on stuff at home in evenings or weekends. It's a total MacGyver fix, one step up from bubblegum and duct tape, but it's working for now.

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    pwc
    Helpful | Level 6
    6 years ago

    Brian1thanks for the link! That's very useful information, and comes from a very trusted source (Gibson has been around for a long time). One consideration I had not really thought about is end-to-end encryption... while I do have confidence in Dropbox, it's no more than I would have for any other cloud-based service... in general, their fragility to hacking has been demonstrated many times. While data may be encrypted on their service, and they use secure tunnels to transport data, all of my information is just a cracked password away.

    Just another aspect to consider when looking at Dropbox alternatives.

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    dragoner
    Helpful | Level 5
    6 years ago

    Excellent information, thanks Brian1

    Dropbox support have completely let us down with this one. It’s amazing what good can come from situations like this 😊

    I’ve got close to 40 sites I manage with Dropbox so will be very keen to roll one over to Sync and see what I’m going up against!

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