Use the iFolder tab to manage membership in an iFolder.
For iFolder 3.2 and earlier versions, when an owner adds a user to an iFolder, the user does not become a member until he or she accepts the iFolder on at least one computer. After the user accepts the invitation and sets up the iFolder, the user shows up in the member list. Currently, if you add a user or an LDAP Group as a member of an iFolder from the Web Access console, then the user or each LDAP Group member automatically becomes a member. The user and the iFolder will show up in the Web access interface without the user setting up a local iFolder on his or her computer.
On the iFolder Details page, click Add.
Search for the user you want to make a member, select the check box next to the user’s name, then click OK.
The user is given Read Only access to the iFolder.
(Optional) Select the check box next to the user, then specify the Access right as Admin, Read Write, or Read Only right.
Click Set.
Wait for the page to refresh. The Rights column should reflect the new access right. A notification message inviting the user to participate is sent to the user’s account.
For an overview of access rights, see Section 1.4.8, iFolder Access Rights.
NOTE:Members of an LDAP Group inherit the access rights set for that LDAP Group.
The following table describes the capabilities associated with each level of access for users.
|
Capabilities |
Owner |
Full Control |
Read/Write |
Read Only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Transfer ownership of an iFolder to another iFolder user |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Set a quota for the iFolder |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Make the iFolder available to other users (sharing) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Make the iFolder unavailable to other users (stop sharing) |
Yes |
Yes, except the owner |
No |
No |
|
Assign access rights for other users |
Yes |
Yes, except the owner |
No |
No |
|
Read directories and files in the iFolder |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Add, modify, or delete directories and files in the iFolder |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Rename directories and files in an iFolder |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Rename the iFolder |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Set up an iFolder on multiple computers |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Revert an iFolder (do not participate on a local computer) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Delete an available iFolder to decline participating |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Delete the iFolder and delete the iFolder and its files from the server (make it a normal folder again and no longer share it with others) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
On the iFolder Details page, locate the iFolder user you want to manage.
Select the check box next to that iFolder user.
Select the Rights drop-down menu, then select the desired right (Admin, Read/Write, or Read Only right).
Wait for the page to refresh. The user’s icon should reflect the new access right.
Locate the iFolder you want to manage, then click the iFolder’s name link to open the iFolder Details page to the iFolder tab.
On the iFolder Details page, select the check box next to the member user’s name.
Select the Members tab, then select the check box next to the member user’s name.
Click Delete.
The user’s local copy of the data remains on the user’s computer, but the user no longer has access to the server copy of the iFolder data.
When you change the owner of an iFolder, the existing owner becomes a member of the iFolder and is assigned the Read/Write right. For orphaned iFolders, the iFolder Admin user becomes the owner.
On the iFolder Details page, search for the user you want to assign as the new owner of the iFolder.
Select the check box next to the user's name, then click Owner.
An iFolder becomes orphaned when its owner is no longer provisioned for iFolder services. Orphaned iFolders are automatically assigned to the iFolder Admin user, who serves as a temporary owner until the iFolder can be assigned or deleted. Meanwhile, the members of the iFolder can continue to use it under the policies and access controls that were in place at the time the iFolder became orphaned.
On the iFolder details page, click Orphan tab to open the list of orphaned iFolders.
Browse to locate the orphaned iFolder you want to manage.
Click the iFolder name link to open the iFolder Details page.
Under the title iFolder details, the iFolder details page display the property Orphan:Yes.
Click Adopt to select the owner for the Orphaned iFolder.
Select an owner for the owner from the list of iFolder members
When you click Adopt, the iFolder details page lists all the members of that domain. The default owner for the orphaned iFolder is the Admin, who can assign himself or herself as the owner of the iFolder.
The name of the orphaned owner also is listed, if he or she is present in the current domain, and you can be re-assigned the orphaned owner as the owner.
The ownership is removed from you (default owner) after a member is selected as the owner of the orphaned iFolder. The specified user becomes the iFolder’s owner and has the Full Control right to the iFolder. The Admin user, then will have only read permissions on that iFolder.
The orphaned property is deleted for that iFolder and it becomes a normal iFolder.