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Overview
Follow these instructions to set access permissions or delete users from a Piratedrive folder. Instructions created using a Windows system.
Step 1. Access the Piratedrive folder properties
- From File Explorer, right-click the U: drive.
- Choose Properties to open the Properties dialog box.

Step 2. Open the Security tab
Note the two sections, Group or user names: and the Permissions section.

Step 3. Add the new user
- Choose the Edit button.
- Click the Add button. The Select Users dialog box opens.

- Enter the PirateID of the person you are adding into the Object names text box.

- Press the Check Names button to confirm a valid ID.
- Click OK.
You should now see the person’s name and email address in the Group or user names box of the Properties dialog box.
To remove a user’s access from a Piratedrive folder, highlight the name and choose Remove.
Step 4. Set access permissions for the new user
- Back in the Permissions dialog box, click the new user’s name to highlight.
- From the Permissions for xxxxxxx box, choose the appropriate permissions (see table).
- Click OK.

- To allow a user to have read-only access, keep the default permissions (Read & Execute, List Folder Contents and Read).
- To allow a user to makes updates to documents, choose Modify.
- Only administrators should have Full Control.
- DO NOT delete the Administrators, Domain Admins or Piratedrive access ID accounts.
NTFS File Permission
|
Allowed Access
|
Read |
View files, folders and subfolders. Also allows viewing folder ownership, permissions and folder attributes. |
Write |
Create new files and folders within the parent folder, view folder ownership and permissions and change the folder attributes. |
List Folder Contents |
View the files and subfolders contained within the folder. |
Read & Execute |
Navigate through all files and subfolders and perform all actions allowed by the Read and List Folder Contents permissions. |
Modify |
Delete the folder and perform all activities included in the Write and Read & Execute NTFS folder permissions. |
Full Control |
Change permissions on the folder, take ownership and perform all activities included in all other permissions. |