Configure Folders and View List of Files

Use the Folders page to create and manage folders and set their permissions. A user’s permissions are a combination of individual assigned permissions and those of any groups the user is a member of.

Before you configure folders, you should configure group access.

After you configure folders, users with the appropriate permissions can add files to folders using an external SFTP client. Administrators can view these files in selected folders in File Server.

1. In the navigation pane, click Settings, then File Server, then Folders.
   The Folders page is displayed, with the current folder's path shown. The selected folder appears above the table, and the subfolders appear in the table. Files are listed with name, last modified date, and size displayed.
2. Optional: Find a folder or file by sorting, searching, or filtering.
   • Sort folder contents by clicking a column heading. Folders are listed above files. By default, folders are sorted by last modified date, starting with most recent.
   • Click Search , enter one or more characters in the folder's name, and press Enter. Click the X on the search bar to return to the default display.
   • Click Filter , choose whether to view folders or files, and click Apply. Click the X on the filter to return to the default display.
3. Optional: Create, rename, or delete folders as needed.
   • To add a folder in the currently selected path, click Create, enter a name, and click Create.
   • To rename a folder, hover over the folder and click Actions . Select Rename, enter a new name, and click Rename.
   • To delete a folder, hover over the folder and click Delete . Deleting a folder deletes its contents, too, including any subfolders and files.

   Tip:

   To open a folder and view its list of folders and files, click the folder name.

   
   

   
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4. Set folder permissions.
   1. Hover over a folder and click Permissions .
      The Permissions page appears.
   2. Follow the steps in Set Folder Permissions.
5. If needed, revert changes made to the folder's permissions since the last save by clicking Revert.
6. Click Save.

After configuring folders, create an allowlist for File Server. See Create an Allowlist for Public IP Addresses.

Set Folder Permissions

On the Permissions page, choose the people who can read, write, delete, and perform other actions on a folder and its files.

1. In the navigation pane, click Settings, then File Server, then Folders.
2. Hover over a folder, and click Permissions .
   The Permissions page is displayed, showing a list of users or groups with permissions configured for the current folder. The icon next to each entry identifies whether it is a user or a group.
3. Change permissions as needed. For example:
   • To change permissions for the users and groups, select or deselect permission checkboxes.
   • To remove all permissions for a user or group, click Delete Identity .
4. To block permissions that are set to Propagate to Subfolders from applying to the folder, select Do not inherit.
   This setting prevents permissions from being propagated to this folder and its subfolders.
5. Grant additional users or groups permissions to the folder, as needed.
   1. Click Add Permissions.
   2. In the Select Users or Groups panel, click the Users or Groups tab, select one or more identities, and click Add. The new identities are added to the permissions list.
   3. Click Close.
   4. Select checkboxes to set specific permissions. Select a checkbox at the top of the table to assign a permission to all listed users and groups.
   
   

   
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   Field	Description
   All	Assign all permissions to this user or group.
   Read	Allow files to be downloaded.
   Write	Allow files to be uploaded.
   Delete	Allow files to be deleted.
   List	Allow listing of the folder's contents.
   Create Folder	Allow subfolders to be created.
   Rename Folder	Allow renaming of subfolders.
   Delete Folder	Allow deletion of subfolders.
   Propagate to subfolders	Apply the selected permissions to all subfolders within the folder (and all child subfolders within and so on) unless you block this setting for a selected subfolder using the Do Not Inherit setting.

6. If needed, revert changes made to folders since the last save by clicking Revert.
7. Click Save.

After setting folder permissions, you must create an allowlist so you can control access to File Server.

Options for Working Folders

The top-level directory for File Server is named root. The root folder contains the home folder.

• The root/home folder is where File Server creates the default folders

  An administrator creates users and groups in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (IAM). When you enable a user's or group's access to File Server, File Server creates a folder for them:

  • Group folders are created in root/home/groups/<group>
  • User folders are created in root/home/users/<user>

  Be aware of the following rules for the root/home folder:

  • You cannot delete the folders that File Server creates. However, you can delete the files and sub-folders within the folders that File Server creates.

  • You cannot create folders in the following folders: root/home, root/home/groups, and root/home/users. However, you can create folders within each user's and group's folder.

  • If an administrator deletes a group in IAM, the group no longer appears on the Groups page for File Server. Similarly, deleted users no longer appear on the Users page.

    However, the folder for the group or user remains in File Server to preserve access for people or groups who rely on the files in the folder.

• The root folder is where you create your working folders

  Create folders as needed within the root folder.