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Users creating a share and/or creating share link
Hi!
Im realtively new to Readycloud and tried searching for my answer but wasnt able to find it so i apologize if this is basic or has been answered before.
My question is: Is it possible to give users the rights to create shares and/or share links? IE I have a coworker who needs to share different files with different outside clients. I have admin rights and could do so but it would be easier and "more like dropbox" if they could do so directly themselves without having to get me involved to create a new share and then create a new link.
Can users be setup to have access to create shares and share links? Or is it just the admin that can do so??
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In OS6.9 (still in beta), you can add a user to the admin group. That may have been in 6.8.1, too, I never looked. That, of course, gives the user full admin rights.
What method are the outside clients using to access the NAS? There are ways to use Windows permissions to restrict folders at the user level. As long as there is no problem that clients can see the names of all the other folders (but not inside them), you could use this method and have one share that has the client folders in it. But those restrictions don't work for all protocols.
Well currently they arent accessing the NAS, we've been using dropbox but was hoping to discontinue it in favor of using our NAS. I think adding my coworker to admin might be the best solution for us. Any idea when 6.9 will release?
Actually, I remembered I have a NAS that I updated to 6.8.0 accidently, and the ability to add someone to the admin group is there.
Another option would be OwnCloud or NextCloud on the NAS. But they are so similar to DropBox, but with the added hassle of setting it up and maintaining it yourself, that it probably doesn't make a lot of sense to switch unless available space is an issue.
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