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rjwb
Helpful | Level 7
6 years ago

Dropbox files no longer inherit folder permissions

Within my Dropbox folder, I have sub-folders with different Windows ACL permissions. Up until recently, whenever Dropbox synced a file it inherited its folder permissions perfectly. Now it no longe...
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RAR_Systems
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Yes, same problem

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