Dec 08 2021 06:40 AM
Hello,
I am trying to share only parts of my document library with my external clients and have managed to create access to particular folders; however, these can only be accessed by a link send through email and not directly from the SharePoint site itself. I believe it has something to do with the inherited permissions, but can't quite figure it out. The only way I have seemed to get the restricted document library visible to the external clients is by adding full access to main folder in library, then removing the folders/files I do not want them to see. This is problematic as every time I create a new file or folder within the library, I have to then go back in to remove the access if they should not see it, creating a lot of extra work and also causing a chance they may see something they should not.
Here is an example of my document library. The highlighted folders are some of the only folders that I want to be able to share. You can see there are many that do not need to be sharing.
Is there any other way I am missing? I am very new to the software, so it may be very simple, I just have not happened across it yet.
Dec 09 2021 04:01 AM
Dec 09 2021 04:45 AM
@paul keijzers they do have access to the actual SharePoint site, which I have enabled their permission to see everything, as it does not contain anything proprietary. I am using the site for both internal (full library access) and external (restricted library access) clients/users. It's not the most ideal to provide restricted access; however, if I were to create a second site and/or library I would be doubling my work, unless there is a way to link a file back to original location without giving access to that original location (which is what I have found the problem with so far).
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