This guide explains how user permissions work on kDrive and how you can modify these access permissions.

User permission management

When adding a user to kDrive, two levels of permissions are available:

• Administrator grants users the same rights as the kDrive owner:
  • sharing, statistics, activity reports, folder restoration and deletion, external data import, etc. and access to files and folders
• User allows access to folders located at the root of kDrive as well as managing and freely sharing their content:
  • access to shared files and folders, personal directory and file creation/sharing
  • However, users will not be able to access administrative management of the product (manage users, view statistics, create or delete folders at the root of the drive, import data from an external service, etc.)

In summary:

• Folders at the root of a kDrive are private by default.
• The content of the Shared Folders directory is visible to other kDrive users, but sharing can be restricted.
• The contents shared by other users from their private kDrive section and the contents shared by external users to your kDrive appear in the Shares menu.
• Any folder or file can be shared with other kDrive users and your chosen contacts. Learn more

Change a user's permissions

To access kDrive:

1. Click here to access the kDrive Infomaniak web app (online service kdrive.infomaniak.com). Check or select the relevant kDrive from the dropdown menu on the left sidebar.
2. Click on the action menu ⋮ located to the right of the relevant item.
3. Click on Manage users:
   
4. Manage the desired user's rights, choose the desired access level:
   
5. If necessary, open the action menu ⋮ of the desired user for advanced actions:
   
6. If necessary, manage the permissions related to the categories:
   

Rights within the Organization / Rights on kDrive

Do not confuse:

• the rights granted for the management of the kDrive service on the Manager,
• and the rights granted to the user within kDrive.

Indeed, a user may have restricted or even no rights on the kDrive product in the Manager (they will therefore not be able to manage the kDrive product themselves or have technical details - read more below) but may have been defined as an administrator in kDrive and thus have access to all stored data.

Here is the view from the dashboard of an administrator of an Infomaniak Organization:

There are 2 users in the Organization, including 1 **collaborator** access and 1 legal representative (thus having maximum rights). The drop-down menu at the top right allows you to switch to a view of users specific to products, such as kDrive:

The second user who has collaborator access at the Infomaniak Manager level has administrator access specifically within kDrive. They will therefore access the shared files on kDrive but their interface will still be reduced in accordance with the restrictions applied to their status within the Organization…

… unlike the administrator (and legal representative of the Organization, who therefore has maximum rights) who has full access to all details of the kDrive interface: