Dropbox files no longer inherit folder permissions

[rjwb]

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 longer does. It overrides the folder permissions and sets all file permissions to something completely different - Full Control for admins and Read/Read & Execute for users.

Is there any way to get back to the old days - when Dropbox respected the inheritance of ACL permissions to all files in each folder?

[melodramatic]

I moved to OneDrive quite some time ago. Ended up being a fairly easy solution.

[rjwb]

Same here - OneDrive provides the same functionality for what we need.

Cons - we still haven't entirely worked out what it does when 2 people inadvertently work on the same file at the same time. At least with Dropbox you got a clear 'conflicted copy'

Pros - seems much more stable running on a server using AlwaysUp, whereas Dropbox required periodic restarts, even after applying the various tweaks recommended in the AlwaysUp website

[dragoner]

Hi rjwb,

How does Onedrive go about recovering the entire library back to a point in time if required, like in the event of a cryptolocker?

When I checked it out a couple years ago it didnt have that functionality, in fact all it allowed was the recovery of previous versions of MS Office docs - not the entire library.

[KiwiMark]

@dragoner - your question belogs to another thread. This thread is about the changes to inheritable folder permissions.

[dragoner]

The thread also discusses the lack of support from Dropbox, and various discussion on alternatives available to users. Best just to keep it all in the one area – while we’re on the topic

[rjwb]

@dragoner

can't really advise on that as we use OneDrive for syncing, not for backup. For backup, we have always used Carbonite.