Prevent overwriting in Drop Box?

[devburke]

Hey, so if file sharing is enabled, then anyone can drop files into a user's "Drop Box" with write-only permissions. Is there any way to prevent overwriting here? Like if two users dropped different files with the same name, how do you keep both of them?

 

[uaecasher]

Hey, so if file sharing is enabled, then anyone can drop files into a user's "Drop Box" with write-only permissions. Is there any way to prevent overwriting here? Like if two users dropped different files with the same name, how do you keep both of them?

I don't think it's possible what it will do that it will ask you to stop or overwrite.

In firefox or safari it would add increment number i.e 1,2,3

 

[devburke]

I don't think it's possible what it will do that it will ask you to stop or overwrite.

In firefox or safari it would add increment number i.e 1,2,3

In my tests, it didn't ask, it just overwrote. According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1549

Note: A "Write Only" user can overwrite items in the drop box folder, if what they drop into it has the same name as an item already in the drop box folder.

What if I don't want a user to be able to overwrite at all? Even if it did work your way, what if I didn't want it to be possible?

Also, now that I think about it, it'd be nice if there was some way to identify what connected user dropped the file in, (or "Guest" if they were just connected as a guest)