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horizon
06-13-2008, 02:12 AM
How do I remove a folder member?

When I go to the list of members in a folder and I right click a member, I get an option to "Remove Friend".
I selected this option.
The result was that it removed my friend from my global friends list but did not remove my friend from that specific folder.

What am I doing wrong?

I want to keep that friend on my global friends list, but just remove him from a specific folder.
B.A.
06-13-2008, 10:37 AM
Dear Horizon
The Problem is that you cannot remove a user from a Folder right now. We are preparing a rights management which will allow this but it is not in the current (3.0.2)version.
Best regards
Bernhard Rutkowsky
horizon
06-13-2008, 06:04 PM
Do you have an ETA for adding this functionality?
B.A.
06-14-2008, 09:42 AM
Do you have an ETA for adding this functionality?
ETA is 3-4 month.
horizon
10-14-2008, 08:41 AM
ETA is 3-4 month.

Any update on this?
critStock
10-26-2008, 04:49 PM
I'd very much like to see this, too.
Thanks.
horizon
11-09-2008, 01:30 AM
ETA is 3-4 month.

I was hoping the next update would include this.
But alas 3.1.3 doesn't.
michaelg04
11-16-2008, 03:24 PM
well this is fantastic, since i encountered the other bug, not powerfolde it trying to upload 50GB to online storage, and apparantly i can't stop it, just great, what the heck, why can't i remove a member? how stupid is that?
horizon
11-16-2008, 03:33 PM
Yeah. I asked a member to disconnect the other day by removing their folder. Instead they deleted all the files. :eek: - 2000 of them.
Fortunately I had a backup.
The facility to remove a member is a fundamental requirement. But where is it?
Hannibal
11-18-2008, 12:26 AM
well this is fantastic, since i encountered the other bug, not powerfolde it trying to upload 50GB to online storage, and apparantly i can't stop it, just great, what the heck, why can't i remove a member? how stupid is that?

This documentation explains how to stop the Online Storage from backing up your files:
http://wiki.powerfolder.com/wiki/Remove_Folders_from_the_Online_Storage
Hannibal
11-18-2008, 12:35 AM
Yeah. I asked a member to disconnect the other day by removing their folder. Instead they deleted all the files. :eek: - 2000 of them.
Fortunately I had a backup.
The facility to remove a member is a fundamental requirement. But where is it?

Due to it's peer-to-peer origin PowerFolder currently does not offer the possibility to remove a member centrally. This will be solved with the upcoming versions of PowerFolder as we recently introduced a central user-account system which adds ACLs (Access-contol lists) per user.

Two workarounds are possible at the moment:
1) Advise the member to remove the folder via the PowerFolder interface only.
2) Re-created the folder and invite all members except the member you want to remove.
horizon
11-18-2008, 01:03 AM
Two workarounds are possible at the moment:
1) Advise the member to remove the folder via the PowerFolder interface only.
2) Re-created the folder and invite all members except the member you want to remove.

When you say "re-create the folder" can you please be more specific. Is it just a matter of removing the folder and then re-inviting, or will old invitations remain active and cause past members to be able to access the folder again?
Hannibal
11-18-2008, 02:54 AM
When you say "re-create the folder" can you please be more specific. Is it just a matter of removing the folder and then re-inviting, or will old invitations remain active and cause past members to be able to access the folder again?
1) Remove the folder
2) Setup a new folder with the same local base directory
3) Re-invite all members.

Old invitations cannot be used to access the new folder.
horizon
11-18-2008, 06:22 AM
OK thanks.
michaelg04
11-18-2008, 03:00 PM
wow, what a pain in the butt. this is extremely poor management
michaelg04
02-12-2009, 02:47 PM
so, was posted 3-4 months, it's been what, 10? how do i remove a member? can this be done yet?
Hannibal
08-25-2009, 01:38 PM
Hi,

PowerFolder 4.0 Beta has been released.
It's now possible to remove computer/users from a folder:
http://www.powerfolder.com/beta.html

1) Simply open the members tab of a folder.
2) Grant selected members access permission (e.g. Read/Write)
3) Change the default permission to "No access". This removes all computers without permission.

Best regards,
Christian
bielbyw
11-26-2009, 06:11 PM
I can't figure this out. I open the folders tab on the left, and the members tab on the right. Under "members" I see my three computers, and all three are listed as "owner" under "permissions." If I click on the "members" link under the folders tab, the permissions column on the right changes to "read/wright (default)" for all three computers. (I have "read/write" set as the default permission.) If I try to reset the permisions for any of the computers, I click and it returns to saying "owner" again.