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Managing the rights of a kDrive user
This guide explains how user rights work and how to modify a user's rights in kDrive.
How User Rights Work
When adding a user, two levels of access are available: full access and limited access:
- Full access grants users the same rights as the Drive owner
- Limited access allows users to access folders at the root of the Drive and manage and freely share their content. However, users will not be able to access the administrative management of the product (manage users, view statistics, create or delete folders at the root of the drive, etc.)
In summary:
- Folders at the root of a kDrive are private by default
- The content of the Common folders directory (previously visible as Common documents) is visible to other kDrive users
- Content shared by other users from their private part of kDrive and content shared by users external to your kDrive appear in the Shares folder
- Any folder or file can be shared with other kDrive users and contacts of your choice. Learn more
Modify a User's Rights
To access kDrive:
- Log in to the Infomaniak Manager (manager.infomaniak.com) from a web browser like Brave or Firefox
- Click on the icon in the top right corner of the interface (or navigate through the left sidebar menu)
- Choose kDrive (under Collaborative Tools universe)
- Click on the name of the relevant item in the displayed table
- If necessary, click on Dashboard beforehand
- Choose Manage Users
- Manage the rights of the desired user, select the desired level of access
- If necessary, open the action menu â‹® of the desired user for advanced actions
Organization Rights / kDrive Rights
A user may have restricted or no rights on the kDrive product in the Manager (thus they will not have the ability to manage the kDrive product itself or have technical details - read 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 possessing maximum rights). The dropdown menu at the top right allows switching to a view of users specific to the products, kDrive for example:
The second user who has collaborator access in the Infomaniak Manager has administrator access within kDrive specifically. They will thus have access to shared files on kDrive but their interface will still be limited in accordance with the restrictions applied to their status in the Organization:
unlike the administrator (and legal representative of the Organization, thus possessing maximum rights) who does have access to all details of the kDrive interface: