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guthrie
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago
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I have edit permissions on some folders but I'm getting an error editing or renaming files

I have a set of folders which were shared with me. The owner gave me edit permissions, and tried to give me all possible permissions - but I cannot edit or rename or change any of the files. From t...
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    guthrie
    2 years ago

    The owner went through all of the shared ID names and again indicated edit permissions, and then it worked.

    Not sure what the issue was, but seems resolved - sorry for all the trouble, thanks for all the suggestions.

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grguthrie
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago
Yep.
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guthrie
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Hmm,

I think a possible (obvious?) issue is that the permissions granted for full access are not to the same ID as my Dropbox login. I'll try to change that with the owner, and report back.

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    guthrie
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    The owner went through all of the shared ID names and again indicated edit permissions, and then it worked.

    Not sure what the issue was, but seems resolved - sorry for all the trouble, thanks for all the suggestions.

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