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MrPatrick1
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Audit file/folder access for large Business / Group Dropbox account

I've taken over management of an organisation with several large business dropbox accounts.  I can see we have a large amount of data that has been shared with external parties, there has been no o...
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MrPatrick1
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Hi Austin,

 

That looks exactly as I would expect, all the detail I would need to audit existing access and a nice clear consistent format I could use to report on changes and so on.

 

Happily I quit that job a few months ago so isn't really relevant to me now! If I'm ever back managing a dropbox account though I'll be sure to check in on that feature.

 

Thanks,

Patrick

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Ben_stratton-Woodward
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

You only get a list of files being shared externally. It won't help you with an internal access control audit. Dropbox offers almost nothing in that regard and it is one of its major failings.

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