This guide details the different assignments and access permissions for files/folders in kDrive Infomaniak, including the restoration of inheritance rights over the contents of folders and subfolders.

Preamble

• Refer to this other guide if you are looking for general information about data sharing on kDrive.
• Refer to this other guide for more specific information about sharing the common folder.
• Refer to this other guide regarding the more general permissions of users within the Organization if they are part of it.

Types of access rights

A share (of a document, directory, etc.) on kDrive can be restricted:

Choose if the user…

• … can view:
  • View only
  • Download
• … can modify:
  • File modification
  • Download
  • Add comment
  • Add and create file/folder
  • Delete file/folder
• … can manage (only if the share is within the common folder and not in a personal folder):
  • File modification
  • Download
  • Add comment
  • Add and create file/folder
  • Delete file
  • Share with other users
  • Manage user rights

The permissions granted as well as the information about the beneficiaries of the shares are visible on kDrive in the column “Who has access”:

A possible activated public link on a file is indicated by a chain icon in this column:

Assignment of rights and inheritance (Organization folders)

Sharing can be restricted to sub-levels: only part of the hierarchy can be shared with certain collaborators, while other folders remain private or limited.

Understanding inheritance break

By default, a “child” folder inherits the rights of the “parent” folder. However, if you manually modify the access to a subfolder (by removing a user, for example), the inheritance is broken.

From then on, any subsequent modification made to the parent folder will no longer be reflected in this specific subfolder.

Concrete example with your folders:

1. Multiple users have access to the parent folder DataAA. By inheritance, they all see the subfolder 4All.
2. If you manually remove a user from the sharing on the child folder 4All, the inheritance stops for this folder.
3. Later, you add a new collaborator to the parent folder DataAA.
   • Problem: this new user will see the content of DataAA, but will not see the folder 4All (as the inheritance was broken in point 2).

How to restore inheritance of rights?

kDrive detects these desynchronizations of rights. When you open the sharing settings of the child folder (4All), a blue information banner appears:

To resolve the issue:

1. Click on the Share link in this blue banner.
2. A confirmation window appears to inform you that "all future modifications made to the user access of the parent folder DataAA will automatically apply to the folder 4All".
3. Click on the blue Share button to validate:
   

Inheritance is now restored: all current and future users of the parent folder will automatically regain access to the subfolder.