You can share an iFolder with multiple users. This section discusses the following tasks:
Before you share an iFolder with a user, decide what level of access you want to provide to the user. There are four levels of membership:
Bill Owner: The owner of the primary shared iFolder, with ownership and the Full Control access right. The Bill owner has read/write access to the iFolder, manages membership and access rights for users, and can add and remove the Full Control access right for any member. The Bill owner's computer is the host for the iFolder workgroup and must be active and online to synchronize files with member iFolders.
Only one user serves as the Bill owner. This is typically the user that started the iFolder workgroup. In future releases, the Bill owner will be able to transfer Bill ownership status to another user. Currently, no billing functions are available to charge the Bill owner for network resources consumed by the iFolder's synchronization activities.
Admin Owner: A member of the iFolder workgroup, with the Full Control access right. The Admin owner has read/write access to the iFolder and manages membership and access rights for all users except the Bill owner.
Multiple users can serve as Admin owners. An Admin owner can add and remove the Full Control access right only for other Admin owners, not the Bill owner.
Read/Write User: A member of the iFolder workgroup, with the Read/Write access right to files in the iFolder.
Read Only User: A member of the iFolder workgroup, with the Read Only access right to files in the iFolder.
In a file manager or on the desktop, locate the iFolder that you want to manage.
Right-click the iFolder, then click iFolder > Properties.
Click Advanced to manage the iFolder workgroup membership.
Click Add.
The Contact Picker opens.
In the Contact Picker, create a Share With list, the click OK.
For information, see Using the Contact Picker. The contacts are added to the Share With list in iFolder Advanced Properties.
In Advanced Properties, from the Share With list, select one or more usernames.
Enable one of the following access rights: Full Control, Read/Write, or Read Only.
Click Apply.
Click OK > OK to exit iFolder Properties.
As the working relationships and status of members of an iFolder workgroup change, you might need to change a user's access right for the iFolder. For example, you might want to give a trusted user Admin owner status for the iFolder by assigning the Full Control right.
In a file manager or on the desktop, locate the iFolder that you want to manage.
Right-click the iFolder, then click iFolder > Properties.
Click Advanced to manage the iFolder workgroup membership.
From the Share With list, select one or more usernames.
Enable one of the following: Full Control, Read/Write, or Read Only.
Click Apply.
Click OK > OK to exit iFolder Properties.