kitchensync Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 I'm not sure whether this is one or two bugs, but the problems are manifesting like this: 1. A friend shares an "owner" link with me, but I get only "read & write" permissions. When I hover over the share button, it's greyed out and says, "Only an owner may share an advanced folder." 2. I add a folder, but my only share permissions available are "read only" and "read & write". I've got six shared folders, but in fact only the first one lets me share "Owner" permissions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Well if your friend only granted you Read & Write access you just have that. If he changes your access to Owner you will be able to share that share with other people. Are you using the latest available version of BitTorrent Sync ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchensync Posted January 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 He definitely granted Owner access. Tried it several times. Kept showing up only as Read & Write. Latest version, 2.2.7. One of these six folders I created on this machine, and it still only offers me the chance to share "Read" or "Read & Write" permissions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 The only reason I can think of is that you don't have BitTorrent Sync Pro. (comparison) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchensync Posted January 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Indeed I don't have pro, but I should be able to share Owner permissions without that, no? No one else in the group I'm sharing with has pro, but they can all have owner. It's also strange that of the folders I've added to my own client, I only have Owner on the first one. I'm running in Mac OS X 10.11.2 btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 kitchensync, Owner permissions are available for Advanced folders, which in their turn can be used only in Pro (or Trial) Sync. In Sync Free standard folders are used and there are only RW and RO permissions, without owner. Perhaps, people in the group added those advanced folders while they were using Trial.Was this folder shared with you before, with RW access? I suggest writing to support for investigation. Please attach screenshots from both - sender and yours: of Sync UI, and Share menu. Also, please send debug logs from both peers. Don't forget to mention this forum topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchensync Posted January 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 That explains it. I created the first shared folder during my Pro trial, and the others in my share group (whom I recruited to btsync) also were in the trial period. The distinction wasn't clear when reading about the differences between the free & pro versions. Thanks Helen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 kitchensync, Note, that for Advanced folders that were added and shared before Trial expired, Owner rights shall be still working. If it doesn't work for your folder(s), please do send the logs and screenshots to support. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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