QNAP Permission question

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Hello, I have a folder structure like this

SHARED (Root)

  • Folder A

  • Folder B

  • I have 2 users (userA & UserB)

  • My user group has 3 groups:
    GroupA => userA
    GroupB => userB
    AllUser => userA & userB

I did the following settings, with the hope that userA can RW in “Folder A” and can only RO in “Folder B”

SHARED (Root) => AllUser(RO)

  • Folder A => userA (RW), AllUser(RO)
  • Folder B => userB (RW), AllUser(RO)

But the result is userA & userB cannot create files in their respective folders, is it because AllUser’s permission as RO is prioritized?

lalu bagaimana supaya UserA bisa R/W di FolderA dan di folderB hanya R/O?

==========machine translation added by Dolbyman=======
then how can the User be able to RW in Folder and in folderB only R/O?

2

Your translator failed on your last sentence

Here is a quick guide on how user rights are prioritized (individual vs. group)

3

Dear @alvinadwitya ,
Thank you for your question.

As per the current implementation, the read-only (RO) permission set at the root shared folder takes precedence over the read/write (RW) permissions assigned to individual users on subfolders. This is why Folder A remains read-only for User A, even though you’ve explicitly granted RW access to that subfolder.

We are currently consulting with our technical team to explore if there’s any way to support the permission model you’re aiming for.

Option-1:
In the meantime, as a possible workaround, you may consider creating separate shared folders for each user? This approach would allow each user to have full RW access to their own dedicated shared folder without being restricted by inherited permissions.

Option-2:
Another workaround which I was able to achieve the desired result with the following steps:

Step 1: Set the root shared folder to have read/write (RW) access for the All Users group.
Step 2: For Folder A, explicitly set:

  • All Users → Read Only
  • User A → Read/Write

Step 3: For Folder B, explicitly set:

  • All Users → Read Only
  • User B → Read/Write

With this configuration:

  • User A has RW access to Folder A, while User B sees it as read-only.
  • User B has RW access to Folder B, while User A sees it as read-only.

This setup achieves the access control behavior you’re looking for. But please note that each use gets RW access to the shared root folder. This is not exactly what you want but thought to share.

Let us know if that could work for your setup, and we’ll be happy to assist further.