Hi all,
Been puzzling over this for a bit. It looks like when the shared drive folder sharing function was in beta, the feature allowed you to give narrow access at the drive level and then expand that at folder/subfolder level (1). That blog post specifies that access at the drive level sets the /minimum/ access.
But, that is not how it works now/anymore. Now access at the drive level sets the /maximum/ access. Two different support agents confirmed this for me, though the current support pages are silent on the issue (2, 3).
In our specific case, what we're trying to do is give all program staff commenter access to an all-staff shared drive, and then make the staff teams managers for their own project folders within that drive. But it turns out this is impossible.
That means it's impossible to set up a standard hierarchical file/folder structure - super frustrating!
Anyone else in this boat? Any workarounds? Have considered making separate shared drives for the different staff teams, but this will be way more complicated for the end users.
Also, I was originally trying to post this as a feature request, but getting unexpected behavior when I try there. So. Boxed in all around.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Edited to add: we're on Google Workspace for Nonprofits, in case that matters! ๐
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