Per User Create-Only and Read-Only

Rob E.13

Here's what I would like to be able to do:

 

* User A Creates Folder X

* User A Invites Users B and C to folder X

* Inside that folder users A, B and C can Create files/folders

* Inside that folder users A, B and C can Read any file/folder

* Inside that folder only user A can Edit a file/folder once it is created

 

Basically, A has Admin rights and B and C can only Read and Create but cannot Update or Delete. I'm trying to create an append-only system, but where A can "fix" things if need be. Is it possible to set something like this up with Dropbox? Can this be done entirely through the JavaScript API?

 

Note: For my scenario, it would also be acceptable to allow Edit of files by Creators only, if the Create-Only with No-Edit combination isn't possible. The real problem is that if B Creates a file Y, then C should not be able to Edit Y. I would prefer neither of them being able to edit it, but I could live with B being able to Edit it.

Greg-DB

Dropbox doesn't offer a permission model for shared folders quite like what you're looking for. You can find more information about the permissions available for shared folders here:

https://www.dropbox.com/help/5823

In any case, the Dropbox API doesn't currently offer calls for managing shared folders anyway, though this is a highly requested feature we hope to release in the future.