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gjhagens
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Jan 29, 2019

OneDrive for Business sharing entire drive when trying to share one specific sub folder

Hi,

 

Recently several colleagues encountered the issue of OneDrive for Business sharing one's ENTIRE OneDrive root folder when merely trying to share a specific sub folder.

 

Does anyone know how this is possible and how it can be prevented on an admin level?

 

Thanks in advance!

  • I spotted this bug back in June 2015 and recorded a screen capture of the steps to reproduce it.  (Here's the video: https://youtu.be/MHD7XXuDCtA)

     

    I reproduced it today using the classic UI in OneDrive for Business, but I couldn't produce it in the modern UI.

     

    Essentially, you select to share a file or folder and while the details pop up is open, you unselect the file -- and then click "share".  Instead of sharing a file/folder, you're sharing the entire document library.

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        I think this particular "bug" is more prone to slow computers and/or click happy end users.

  • You can't Share your entire drive, there is no Share button available at the root. The only way to share it is to go out of your way and go to site settings and explicitly give someone access to your OneDrive site as a whole.

    Your best bet in this case is user education since there is no way to prevent this that I'm aware of.
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      gjhagens
      Copper Contributor
      I understand the point you're making regarding sharing your entire OneDrive. The problem (or bug) consist of OneDrive sharing the root folder when a user is only trying to share one specific subfolder or file.

      In the case of a folder placed directly in the OneDrive root folder, one's entire OneDrive is effectively shared.

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