Sharing

The most important part of any cloud is access.

Frappe Drive has three types of permissions:

View - allowing people to view, download, comment, and share the file
Edit - allowing people to edit a file or document
Upload - allows people to upload files to a folder

By default:

In the Home folder, only you have access to the files and folders. You can share them with anyone, choosing the access you want to give.
In a team, all members have view and upload access to folders and files - they don't have write access unless you explicitly give them.

Folders

When a folder has a specific share settings, all the items inside that folder (recursively) have the same access until the permissions of a folder or file inside this folder is overridden.

For example:

Folder A -> file.txt
         -> file2.txt
         -> Folder C -> file3.jpeg
Folder B -> file4.doc

At first, default permissions (private if in the "Home" view, read + comment + write for all team members if in the "Team" view).

Then, if I share Folder A with a specific user with View access - then all the items within (including the "nested" file file3.jpeg) are also shared with that user with the View Access.

However, if I make Folder C private again, then that user will be able to see neither Folder C nor any of its items (file3.jpeg, in this case).

Put simply, access "bubbles" downwards. When a user tries to access an item, Drive traverses up the path checking for any sharing settings configured. If it finds one, it stops and uses that. If it doesn't, it implements default permissions.

You can share with specific users, specific teams, or the world:

If you share an item publicly, anyone can access the file. They will not need to login.