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Simplify sharing permissions for folders #8479
Description
We currently have:
- Can reshare
- Can add
- Can edit
- Can delete
Now "can delete" does not really make much sense. If you can edit, you can delete all content of a file.
"Can add": We added this cause we originally had CRUD permissions, but do we really need it / do people use it? Usually you can either edit or not.
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MorrisJobke commentedon Feb 21, 2018
I think "can add" is used for the files drop stuff, isn't it? cc @nextcloud/sharing
rullzer commentedon Feb 27, 2018
Yes it is. But as long as wel keep the files drop as a separte option users don't have to care ;)
MorrisJobke commentedon Feb 27, 2018
I still think that we can slim it down to:
MorrisJobke commentedon Mar 8, 2018
MorrisJobke commentedon Jun 26, 2018
jancborchardt commentedon Jun 27, 2018
MorrisJobke commentedon Jul 16, 2018
skjnldsv commentedon Oct 30, 2019
4 remaining items
trommegutten commentedon May 23, 2020
I don't like accidents like this #6620 (comment)
@pixelipo got some thumbs up for this suggestion:
#6620 (comment)
That could be a nice way to do it, what do You think?
marvinjuette commentedon Sep 19, 2020
Hey, I am facing the same problem. And if I am correct the problem is only a front-end one because as others already pointed out one can simply change the permission to 5 in the database.
Linkt to post that shows working solution
So basically it should be easy to "add" (display) this option.
But the question is how we want to display that option?
Should it be a checkbox "disable delete" or just another radio button like "upload + read only"?
Mannshoch commentedon Oct 13, 2020
I personally vote for #10012
marvinjuette commentedon Oct 13, 2020
I like the options you get offered when sharing internally. Why don't use them for public link sharing?
pred2k commentedon Jan 31, 2021
I think is this THE use case for a file exchange tool like nextcloud.
We have an event and attendees want to share photo or something else. They probably dont want/need an account. Host dont have all their email addreses.
They can easily upload items via webui, but are not allowed to to delete everything.
Please offer public link sharing setting "upload + read only"!
kaiserls commentedon Jul 10, 2021
Dear everyone,
I would like to point out that this issue is linked to many issues which seem to be important to the nextcloud community and some of them are nearly 3 or even 4 years old (#6620, #8479). Couldn't the "upload + read only" feature get decoupled from the complete overhaul of the sharing gui and therefore be quickly published?
kaiserls commentedon Aug 30, 2021
Is this: #28635 the rework of the sharing permissions #26691 and completely ignoring issue #6620 and all the duplicates? Or am I wrong? Sry if this is the case.
kongomongo commentedon Feb 10, 2022
I have skimmed through many of those issues like @kaiserls wrote, but I have yet to see any objection to the "upload and not delete" and/or finer-grain control of the https://github.com/nextcloud/server/blob/master/lib/public/Constants.php permissions.
What is the root cause for no progress?
skjnldsv commentedon Jan 19, 2024
Done no? @artonge @jancborchardt
sweenu commentedon Jan 19, 2024
If you close this issue, please re-open #6620 because it was closed as duplicate of this issue even though it definitely does not seem to be fixed: we still don't have a way to have File Upload + Read on a folder.
skjnldsv commentedon Jan 20, 2024
Hmm, yes you can? (NC 27 and 28) :)
sweenu commentedon Jan 20, 2024
Oh great news! I had tried on the android app, assuming permissions would be the same on every platforms. But indeed, I should have tried on the web before commenting 👍🏽 Great job.