How do I give a folder full permissions?
This feature is only available to customers on Dropbox Basic, Plus, and Professional. If you’re an admin on a Dropbox team, you can manage team sharing settings from the admin console. Show
When you share a file or a folder with someone, you can decide which permissions they have. Members of a shared file or folder can have one of three roles—owner, editor, or viewer.
Learn more about roles and permissions for members of a shared file or folder. How to manage your default sharing settingsTo manage your default sharing settings:
Note: These settings won’t apply when you share from a mobile device, or when you copy and paste a link from the address bar. The changes you make to default sharing settings won’t be applied to existing shared links. Only new links will use this setting. Not using Dropbox yet? See how Dropbox makes managing file permissions easy. How to change a member’s access to a shared folderTo change a member's access to a shared folder: On dropbox.com
On the Dropbox desktop app
On the Dropbox mobile app
Note: Granting edit or view access for a parent folder will allow that access level to all subfolders within that parent folder as well. Prevent members from inviting other people to a shared folderIf you're the owner of a shared folder, you can prevent members from inviting other people to the folder. On dropbox.com
On the Dropbox desktop app
On the Dropbox mobile app
Roles and permissions for members of a shared file or folderNote: The permissions in the table below may differ for customers in a team account, because
admins can manage sharing settings for their team.
*This is the default setting for shared folders. The owner of a shared folder can change this setting. What is the meaning of chmod 777?The command chmod -R 777 / makes every single file on the system under / (root) have rwxrwxrwx permissions. This is equivalent to allowing ALL users read/write/execute permissions. If other directories such as home, media, etc are under root then those will be affected as well.
What does the 777 permission means in a directory?777 - all can read/write/execute (full access). 755 - owner can read/write/execute, group/others can read/execute. 644 - owner can read/write, group/others can read only. Some directory permission examples: 777 - all can read/write/search.
What does chmod 644 mean?Permissions of 644 mean that the owner of the file has read and write access, while the group members and other users on the system only have read access.
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