Tonido Desktop allows sharing of your files and folders privately with other guest users or publicly with anyone having access to the share link.
Guest users can be your family members, employees, colleagues, clients or customers.
There are two types of shares:
Private shares are only accessible to guest users who have a valid guest account and know the guest password.
Public shares are accessible by users if they have the share link. They do not have to login using guest account or password.
Creating a Share
To create a new share:
You can change share permissions by selecting the share and selecting "Permissions" in the context menu.
In the 'Set Share Permissions' Dialog, you can either make the share available to everyone ('Public') or share to selected users ('Private').
If you select sharing to selected users, you will see list of guest accounts and you can then select the type of access you are giving them.
The following table shows what permissions are allowed for users depending upon their permissions setting.
Guest Permissions
| Private Share Read Permission | Private Share Write Permission | Public Share Allow Everyone |
---|---|---|---|
List and View Folders | ALLOWED | ALLOWED | ALLOWED |
Download Files | ALLOWED | ALLOWED | ALLOWED |
Download Entire Folder | ALLOWED | ALLOWED | ALLOWED |
Listen to Music | ALLOWED | ALLOWED | ALLOWED |
Watch Video | ALLOWED | ALLOWED | ALLOWED |
View Photo Gallery | ALLOWED | ALLOWED | ALLOWED |
Rename File/Folder | NOT ALLOWED | ALLOWED | NOT ALLOWED |
Delete File/Folder | NOT ALLOWED | ALLOWED | NOT ALLOWED |
Copy File/Folder | NOT ALLOWED | ALLOWED | NOT ALLOWED |
Move File/Folder | NOT ALLOWED | ALLOWED | NOT ALLOWED |
Upload Files | NOT ALLOWED | ALLOWED (Pro only feature) | NOT ALLOWED |
Sharing Files | NOT ALLOWED | NOT ALLOWED | NOT ALLOWED |
To share, you can click on the share copy icon to get the share link.
You can then copy and share this link with others via Twitter, Facebook, Email, Chat, SMS etc.
You can add a guest user by clicking on "Shared Files", "Guests" Tab and "Add Guest".
Guest User account names can only alphabets or numbers only. Passwords have to be at least 8 characters with at least one number.
You can edit the guest user account (name or password) by clicking on the "Edit" icon.
You can delete the guest user account (name or password) by clicking on the "Remove" icon.
Guest users can login either by clicking on the provided link or by going to the main Tonido Login screen and selecting "Login as Guest".