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Creating a shared file system with user-specific object-level access, which plan is good?
Dear all, I want to create a synchronized file system across two users working on different platforms. I need to control users' access to folders and files, while preserving the team's folder struct...
The Dropbox desktop application can only affect content existing in the Dropbox folder itself, so you would be able to control that structure on any Dropbox team plan, and files would sync normally. Business and Business Plus are the two plans that are useful depending on your requirements.
However, if you're planning on also having the Dropbox folder itself be located in the same location on each machine (for instance, C:\Dropbox), in order to inherit local file paths on each machine (perhaps for a specific file or app) then you wouldn't be able to manage this as an admin.
You'd need to manually make these changes yourself on those machines, and regardless, the users themselves would still be able to move the Dropbox folder to another location on their computer.
Dear Jay,
Thank you very much for your fast and useful reply.
When you say the team folder structure and file system, are you only referring to folders on the Dropbox site and folder, or are you referring to the actual user level on their machine (such as C:\users\john\Dropbox)?
Ideally, I would like that each user's machine inherits from the global structure of the team, but with user-specific content in it. I thought it would be automatic with automatic synchronization, as soon as the folders on the Dropbox site are shared and set up for the different users, is it correct?
Given the family plan is not appropriate, which alternative would you suggest?
Thank you again for your support.
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThe Dropbox desktop application can only affect content existing in the Dropbox folder itself, so you would be able to control that structure on any Dropbox team plan, and files would sync normally. Business and Business Plus are the two plans that are useful depending on your requirements.
However, if you're planning on also having the Dropbox folder itself be located in the same location on each machine (for instance, C:\Dropbox), in order to inherit local file paths on each machine (perhaps for a specific file or app) then you wouldn't be able to manage this as an admin.
You'd need to manually make these changes yourself on those machines, and regardless, the users themselves would still be able to move the Dropbox folder to another location on their computer.
Thank you very much, that is clear for me now.
I wish you a nice week.
