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I've set passwords for my shared links, but non team members don't get asked for one.
I have set passwords on folders I need to share with people who are not team members. (added a password to editing dan viewing links and saved it)
When I test this it by sending the link to an email address not part of the team it does not ask for a password.
Any suggestions?
I figured it out. The folders were set to share with Team Members. I changed the Who has access to "Anyone with link".
I'm still perplexed about how the other user had access through the link and then got the error message. I changed that folder to "anyone with link" and it works.
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In DB web, for Folder I want to Share with Password for Viewing Only ... I did these steps:
Clicked on Folder to share
Clicked on SHARE button
In Settings in 'Link for Viewing', I set my Password and clicked "Only people invited"
Clicked Share again
Added new person's email address
Added note to person
Hit SHARE again to send to them
When I tested on my husband, he was not able to open/access this Folder ... with or without password
When he Clicks on Add to Dropbox in email from me, it asks for Login ... not the Folder Secure Password which I put on the Folder!
So he cannot access Folder
- Mark
Super User II
Trish S.2 wrote:
When he Clicks on Add to Dropbox in email from me, it asks for Login ... not the Folder Secure Password which I put on the Folder!
So he cannot access Folder
Thats because you've given him edit access. The only way to have edit access on a folder is with a valid Dropbox account (so that it knows who is editing it). Turn that off and send him a LINK instead of a shared folder and it should work fine 🙂
Mark,
Excellent, I will try that
Solution is Certainly not intuitive nor documented well:)
thanks
