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Unable to copy files into a Public folder #3679

Open jtsmith0101 opened 8 years ago

jtsmith0101 commented 8 years ago

This could be user error....

From the taskbar widget, clicked the "Open Public Folder" for a user that doesn't have the KBFS client yet. The action opened up the public location on K:\, all good there. Attempted to copy a file into that folder and it failed. Please see the attached error message.

Cheers,

James keybase error

jtsmith0101 commented 8 years ago

The referenced file really is in the referenced location.

strib commented 8 years ago

Hi @jtsmith0101 -- yeah I think this is user error. Only the user named in a public folder can write new data to it. If you are trying to create a public share with someone, you have to use <yourname>,<theirname> as the name of the folder, to give yourself permission to write to it.

(Aside: I'm not sure if you're making the folder public on purpose, but generally private folders are a better option for sharing data between two users.)