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defaultobuwq4n89lba
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September 7, 2021
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Modifying PDF file changes permissions on network

  • September 7, 2021
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Hi guys,

 

We have a small office where one computer has a shared folder and a few other computers access that shared folder. If a pdf file is modified, say a page is removed, from the main user's computer, it will modify the permissions of the file to no longer allow the username we use for sharing to access it unless:

 

- It's manually added back in security tab 

- Or the file is copied to the desktop and copied back in (it'll fill in the security rights automatically)

 

How can we avoid having to do this? Thanks!

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    radzmar
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    radzmarCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 12, 2021

    The rights management for shared folders is controlled by the operating system not an application, so there nothing you can to about this in Acrobat I'm afraid.

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    defaultobuwq4n89lbaAuthor
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    September 12, 2021

    It's just interesting because the file is already in the shared folder, and other types of modified files don't change permissions on modification (.xls, .doc, etc)

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    Wes25935041mjug
    Participant
    September 2, 2022

    Windows 10 Pro

    The share folder is in Documents

     

    The host computer only has 2 users, and one is a "share" user just so we can assign permissions to the shared folder and use that for other computers to connect over, because we don't want them to use the main credentials and potentially have full access to the host.

     

    The original file is usually only accessed by one at a time. I tested it and even when no one is accessing the file, if another user goes to access the PDF that was modified on the host machine, it says they can't open it.

     

    We then have to go to the Host machine and either:

     

    1) Manually assign permissions on it to the "share" user (keep in mind, they had full access to the file before it was modified)

    2) Copy the file to the desktop, then back to the shared folder which automatically applies the correct read/write permissions for the "share" user


    I am experiencing this same issue with 1 of the 10 users at our business. No solution from Adobe yet. We run Window Server 2016. Only issue is when she saves a pdf to a network folder, permissions remove the Users group access. If she drags the file the permissions stay intact as they should.

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