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| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| sharer | the user that shares content |
| sharee | the user who receives shared content |
| sharing content | to apply permissions to allow or deny access to content by other users in the enterprise |
| disinheritance | to override the parent folder's permissions |
| sharing explicitly | to add permissions using a user account explicitly |
| sharing via link | to add permissions via a url/link |
| sharing implicitly | by creating content within a shared folder |
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Description of platform behavior
SkySync transfers content then migrates permissions, in that sequence. Applying permissions can have unintended consequences at the destination depending on how the destination platform implements sharing content. Exclude shared content filter gives you some control to prevent duplication at the destination.
Platform: Box
Box supports sharing a folder explicitly by adding a user account and assigning permissions.
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When a user shares a folder explicitly, the folder appears on the sharee's drive (root).
Platform: G Suite
G Suite supports sharing a file or folder explicitly by adding user account and assigning permissions.
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How SkySync Interprets Shared Folders
SkySync Box Connector:
In SkySync, the sharer sees the folder and its content as not shared, the sharee sees the folder and its content as shared.
SkySync doesn't currently support migrating read permissions when sharing via link permissions from/to Box.
There is also no support for migrating permissions to a file.
SkySync G Suite Connector:
In SkySync, the sharee sees a shared file or folder and all its content as shared, even if the sharee created the content within the shared folder.
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Files or folders that appear under the shared folder, however, will be seen by the shared as either shared or not shared based on how the content was created and the the SkySync configuration setting: GoogleDrive.AllowSharedWithMe application setting:.
- If the file or folder is implicitly shared (those created or moved to the shared folder hierarchy without previously being shared), the sharer will see them as not shared. (This is consistent with Box.)
- If the file or folder was explicitly shared or shared via link with the sharer, the sharer will see them as shared by default. If GoogleDrive.AllowSharedWithMe is set to true, the sharer will see them as not shared.
Example
Lets walk through by using an example.
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