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Help › Guests


What are Guests*?
A Box.net Business account allows you to create 'Guests.' A 'Guest' is a created username and password that provides visitors access to a specific folder within a user's account. Guest access allows anyone to quickly exchange files within the security of Box.net without requiring them to register for an account.


























To create a 'Guest,' first decide on a folder that you want the guest(s) to access (each guest has access to only one folder). Then, click on the 'Collaborators' button at the top of the page and select the 'Guest' sub-tab. Click the 'Add Guest' button. Create a username and password. Next, decide which type of account privileges you want the Guest to have:

  • 'Read only' allows them to only download files
  • 'Write only' allows them to only upload files
  • 'Write only (Anonymous Mode)' allows them to upload files without being able to download or view the folder’s contents
  • 'Read/Write' allows them to download and upload files.


Now, choose the Guest's 'User Location' (the folder they'll be taken to upon logging in). If you choose 'MyBox' they'll have access to that folder and all of its sub-folders (i.e. your entire account). If you choose MyBox/CanadaProject, what appears as 'My Files' in their account when they log in is actually just the folder 'CanadaProject' on the All Files page . All files in your Files page outside of this folder and its associated sub-folders will be invisible to them.

In the 'Guests' sub-tab, you can see guests' recent activity as well as change Guest settings.

Tip: It might be useful to create a folder for each of your Guests. Then you can then transfer or copy all files you want that user working with into his or her designated folder for easy management.






























Using the 'Auto-login URL': If you do not want to require your guest to login through the Box.net site, you can simply copy the 'Auto-login URL' below the guest and paste it into an email. Anyone who receives this email and clicks on the link will immediately be brought to your folder with that level of Guest access. This is an easy way to quickly give access to your account.


























*Please note the Guest feature is no longer available to new signups or upgrades. We suggest using collaboration as an alternative, please visit: http://www.box.net/help/97 for information on setting up collaboration. 
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