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Changing Permissions for Shared Files and Folders

Acronis Access uses the existing Windows user accounts and passwords. Because Acronis Access
enforces Windows NTFS permissions, you should normally use Windows’ built-in tools for adjusting
directory and file permissions. The standard Windows tools provide the most flexibility for setting up
your security policy.

Acronis Access Data Sources that reside on another SMB/CIFS file server are accessed using an
SMB/CIFS connection from the Gateway Server to the secondary server or NAS. In this case, access to
the secondary server is performed in the context of the user logged into the Access Mobile Client app.
In order for that user to have access to files on the secondary server, their account will need both
"Windows Share Permissions" and NTFS security permissions to access those files.

Permissions to files residing on SharePoint servers are regulated in accordance to the SharePoint
permissions configured on the SharePoint server. Users receive the same permissions through
Acronis Access as they receive when they access SharePoint document libraries using a web browser.

In this section

Folders ...................................................................................................... 47
Assigned Sources ...................................................................................... 50
Gateway Servers Visible on Clients .......................................................... 51
Legacy Data Sources................................................................................. 52

1.5.1 Folders

In addition to Gateway Servers, Folders can also be assigned to Acronis Access user and group
policies, allowing them to automatically appear in a user's Acronis Access Mobile client application.
Folders can be configured to point to any Acronis Access Gateway Server, or even a subdirectory
within a shared volume. This allows you to give a user direct access to any folders that might be
important to them. By doing so, they don't have to navigate to the folder by knowing the exact
server, shared volume name, and path to the folder.

Folders can point to any type of content that Acronis Access is providing access to. They simply refer
to locations in Gateway Servers that have already been configured within the Acronis Access
management. This can be a local file share volume, a "network reshare" volume providing access to
files on another file server or NAS, a DFS share or a SharePoint volume.

Note: When creating a DFS Data Source you need to add the full path to the DFS like so:

\\company.com\namespace\share

Folders can optionally be configured to sync to the client device. The Access Mobile Client folder sync
options include:



None - The folder will appear as a network-based resource in the Acronis Access client app and
can be accessed and worked with just like a Gateway server.

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1-Way - The folder will appear as a local folder in the Acronis Access client app. Its complete
contents will be synced from the server to the device and it will be kept up to date if files on the
server are added, modified, or deleted. This folder is intended to give local/offline access to a set
of server-based files and appears as read-only to the user.