


Write: will allow you to write data to the file, append to the file, and read or change its attributes. Read: will allow you to open the file, view its attributes, owner, and permissions. Read & Execute: will allow you to display the file’s data, attributes, owner, and permissions, and run the file if its a program. Modify: allows you to read, write, modify, execute, and change the file’s attributes. What do the different access rights mean? #įull Control: allows you to read, write, modify, execute, change attributes, permissions, and take ownership of the file. We recommend that you grant your own username Full Control to all folders you create to ensure that you are able to manage the permissions. Users will be unable to access folders that you do not grant permissions to. Repeat this process for each folder you wish to grant permissions to. Select the username from the list and tick the Allow column for Full control.Click Add and then type the username you wish to grant access.Click on the Security tab and click Edit.Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the shared folder.To grant other users access to the folder, please do the following: Step 3 – Granting Specific Users Access # The folder is now restricted to Windows system and local administrators. Select the Users group and click Remove then click OK.Uncheck the Include inheritable permissions from this object’s parent.In the Permissions tab click Change Permissions.Click Disable inheritance then click Remove all inherited permissions from this object.Create a new folder and give it a name, in this example we’ve used Storage.Open a Windows Explorer and navigate to your new shared folder.Step 2 – Creating Sub-Folders and Restricting Access # For Windows 8+: # In the object names field type Everyone and then click OK.Create a new folder and give it a name, in this example we’ve used MQC_Data.Open Windows Explorer and go to your C: Drive.Please Note: Changing permissions through Windows can result in you locking yourself out of your files, folders and even your computer entirely so proceed with caution and always make a backup before making changes to your system files and folder. However if you already have folders saved elsewhere, or perhaps you have a network drive that you want to control permissions for, then this article will give you an overview of how to share files and folders in MyQuickCloud.

Spaces can be easily controlled by an admin user through MyQuickCloud, if you want to know more about Spaces then check out our guide here. The easiest way to share files and folders with specific users is to use MyQuickCloud spaces. Sharing Files and Folders With Specific Users #
