NAS Permission Levels in ShareBrowser Client

Note

IMPORTANT Note regarding EVO version 7 The overall permission model changed in EVO v7. Over SMB alone(in Finder/Explorer/etc.) ANY user can mount ANY share. The files they can access, however, will be based on their permissions to the share or to the files/folders (when using ACLs). In ShareBrowser, the shares that users see (and in turn can mount) are based on their permission to the root of the share. When a volume is not mounted, users will see the metadata and proxies for all files to which they have access to the root of the share.

If there is a need for file and folder based permission to offline metadata and proxies based on a user’s ACL entry. This can be enabled by SNS Support.

Project Locking Mode

When using an EVO volume in Project Locking Mode with ShareBrowser (see Adding a new NAS share in the EVO Guide), there are different options available than with an Unlocked volume.

A lock column will appear in ShareBrowser that will show icons for locked files.

This will also make new options available in the right-click context menu.

These options include:

Lock: A Lock gives write permissions to this user and read-only permissions to everyone else.

Lock and Open: Lock and Open will put a Lock on a file and open it.

Clear My Locks: Clear My Locks will remove all locks that this user holds on the local machine.

Release Lock: This appears when right-clicking a locked file by your user. Release Lock will only remove the lock on the chosen file.

Request Unlock: If a file is locked, you can request an unlock. ShareBrowser will display a prompt to that user informing them of the request, which they can accept or deny.

Clear Locks on Exit

When exiting ShareBrowser Client while Project files are locked, a dialogue will appear about locked files.

The options will be given to clear locks or keep them, including a checkbox to “Always choose this option.”

This can be toggled at any point from within ShareBrowser Client Preferences.

Clear Locks on Copy/Move

When you copy/paste, or move files around Project Locking shares that would normally be locked files, you will have the option to leave them locked or release the locks after the copy/move.

This can be configured in the preferences as well.