# Public folder access

The following process guide helps system administrators grant public folder access to users. For administrator reference/comparison purposes, this process is equivalent to Modifying Access Rights in FastStats.

## Technical notes

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> For System wide settings you don't need to choose a user or group.

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> A brand new system has no public permissions configured.

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> In a fresh system, each user has write access to their own private folder. However, users don't have permission to write to the public folder or any subfolders of it.

## Granting public folder access

To grant public folder access:

1. If the system is using Permissions then go to **Permissions/Tags**.
2. If you want to configure permissions for all users, then select **System**.
3. If you want to configure a specific user or group then select **User** or **Group**.
4. To configure for a user or a group, choose the relevant option from the dropdown.
5. To filter the permissions, select the **Select Resource Type** box.
6. Select **Global** and tick **File**/**Folder**.

   In the example below there are two file/folder permissions set at the System level:
7. To add the required permission, select **\+ Add Permission**.
8. Select the dropdown and choose **File**/**Folder** in the Global section.
9. Select the **\+ Select** button.
10. To configure the public folder select **Public**.
11. To grant access to a specific file or subfolder of the public directory, expand the caret icon drop down menu to the left of public folder icon, and navigate to your required file/subfolder.
12. Configure the **Read**, **Create**, **Delete**, and **Update** permissions by selecting each section to cycle through the states:

    - A green tick grants access to that folder/file
    - A red cross denies access to that folder/file
    - A dash leaves it unspecified so it inherits or gets the default settings
13. Select **Create** when you have configured the permissions.

If you do this for all new systems, then each user is able to access the public folder and any subfolders of the public folder.