Permission Groups set user virtual file system (VFS) permissions to folders. Just as User Setting Levels control access to EFT Server resources such as bandwidth allowances and connectivity privileges, the Permission Groups control access to files and folders. The Server creates the following default Groups for every Site: Administrative, All Users, and Guests. You can create new Groups and/or modify the settings for the default Groups. Consider your security and access needs, configure Groups according to those needs, then add users to the Groups based on the permissions that you want to allow. The Groups node appears in the left pane under the Site node. You cannot move Groups between Sites.
To view Group permissions
In EFT Administrator, connect to EFT Server and click the VFS tab. The Permissions appear in the right pane.
Groups can provide the permissions shown below as implied by their name
(i.e., the Upload file Permission
allows users in the Group to upload files; the Delete
folder permission allows users in the Group to delete files).
The Inherit permissions from parent folder
check box is not available when the parent folder is selected.
The default Groups have following permissions, but you can edit them to suit your needs:
Administrative - every permission
All Users - List file permission and Show in List folder permission
Guests - Download and List file permission and Show in List folder permission.
Users' permissions are inherited from the Groups to which they belong. For example, if user jsmith is a member of the Accounting, All Users, and HR Groups, their permissions are combined, giving jsmith Delete, Append, Show in List, List, and Create permission.
For details of how permissions work, refer to The Virtual File System (VFS).