Apple AppleShare 3.0 - Manual (Page 10)

- A folder can be owned by more than one user; a group of users can share the
ability to modify the access privileges to the folder.
What privileges you need
When you want to work with files and folders on a file server, you must have
the appropriate privileges. Table 2-1 lists the access privileges that you
must have for a selected folder before you can perform the listed actions:
Table 2-1 Access privileges you need to perform common functions
Function See Folders. See Files Make
Changes
Copy a file to a folder X
Copy a file from a folder X X
Copy a folder to a folder X X
Copy a folder from a folder X
Create a file X X X
Create a folder X X
Delete a file X X
Delete a folder X X
Move a folder to a folder X X
Move a folder from a folder X X
Open and use a file X
Save changes to a file X X
Finding out what privileges you have
You can find out what privileges you have to volumes on the network by any of
the following three methods:
- View the folder icons on the file server that are used to represent the
folder you want to access. It looks different to you depending on the
privileges you have.
- View the access privilege icons in the top-left corner of the directory
window of a folder. They can tell you what privileges you do not have.
- Use the Get Privileges command to find out exactly which of the three
privileges you have.
Viewing folder icons
When you work with folders on a server volume and you are using the By Small
Icon or By Icon view, the folder icons indicate what access you have to them: