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#1 2009-12-15 10:04:50
- Llama
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Dropbox: read only sharing
Hi,
Is there a way to share (part of) your dropbox content safely with 'general public'? So that anybody could have a look without a password?
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#2 2009-12-15 10:12:10
- tvale
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Re: Dropbox: read only sharing
I suppose that's what the "Public" folder is all about?
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#3 2009-12-15 10:15:56
- toad
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Re: Dropbox: read only sharing
Ouch 
But an even better ouch here for you - I place a link of whatever folder I want dropbox to have in the local dropbox folder. Yesterday I deleted the link and it immediately wiped out the original folder as well as all the other on the other machines!!! I count my blessings that I had a backup stored elsewhere. But what did I do wrong? It was so easy to destroy everything everywhere
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#4 2009-12-15 11:31:45
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Re: Dropbox: read only sharing
How did you remove the symlink? A simple "rm symlink" should not touch the original folder.
You can restore files deleted from your dropbox via their web-interface (link).
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#5 2009-12-15 12:51:12
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Re: Dropbox: read only sharing
Well, imagine my surprise when it did! Anyway, thanks for the recovery advice
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#6 2009-12-15 22:41:33
- sand_man
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Re: Dropbox: read only sharing
Maybe it wasn't a symlink but a hard link.
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#7 2009-12-15 23:06:11
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Re: Dropbox: read only sharing
Well, I opened konqueror, pulled the folder over to the dropbox folder and was given a choice of copy, move or link. I selected link. In my experience links thus created have always been symlinks, but what do I know (see above)!
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#8 2009-12-16 12:23:17
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Re: Dropbox: read only sharing
I just realized that I hijacked this thread - apologies, Llama! Was your question answered?
Anyway. I've tried to reproduce my experience - unsuccessfully I can't explain what happened, must have done something in a hurry...
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#9 2009-12-16 15:22:21
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Re: Dropbox: read only sharing
Uhm, right...
Sharing a folder read-only is not possible. You can however create a public link from files (or compressed folders) within your "Public" Folder. This is also the only way to share data with non-Dropbox-users.
Refer to their Documentation for more info.
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