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= [wiki:help/en Cyberduck Help] / [wiki:help/en/howto Howto] / Share Files =
Many storage providers have an option to share a file with a third party without access to your account with a publicly accessible link. With some providers, the link is auto expiring and no longer valid after a given period or a password can be set required to download the file.

== Providers with support to share a file using a public, password protected or temporary URL ==
=== [wiki:help/en/howto/s3 S3] ===
Create a [wiki:help/en/howto/s3#Pre-signedtemporaryURLs pre-signed temporary] URL. 
 * '''Cyberduck'''. Choose ''Edit → Copy URL→ Signed URL''
 * '''Mountain Duck'''. Choose ''Copy URL'' from the [wiki:help/en/howto/mount#CopyOpenURLsofFiles context menu].

[[Image(S3 Pre-Signed URL.png, 800px)]]

=== [wiki:help/en/howto/openstack OpenStack Swift] ===
A private object stored in OpenStack Swift can be made publicly available for a limited time using a [wiki:help/en/howto/openstack#TemporaryURLs signed URL].
 * '''Cyberduck'''. Choose ''Edit → Copy URL→ Signed URL''
 * '''Mountain Duck'''. Choose ''Copy URL'' from the [wiki:help/en/howto/mount#CopyOpenURLsofFiles context menu].

=== [wiki:help/en/howto/azure Azure] ===
Create a [wiki:help/en/howto/azure#SharedAccessSignatureURLs Shared Access Signature URL]. 
 * '''Cyberduck'''. Choose ''Edit → Copy URL→ Signed URL''
 * '''Mountain Duck'''. Choose ''Copy URL'' from the [wiki:help/en/howto/mount#CopyOpenURLsofFiles context menu].

=== [wiki:help/en/howto/b2 Backblaze B2] ===
Create an [wiki:help/en/howto/b2#AuthorizedURL authorized URL] to make files available publicly expiring after 7 days. 
 * '''Cyberduck'''. Choose ''File → Share…''
[[Image(Backblaze B2 Authorized URL.png, 800px)]]
 * '''Mountain Duck'''. Choose ''Create Download Share'' from the [wiki:help/en/howto/mount#CopyOpenURLsofFiles context menu].

=== [wiki:help/en/howto/onedrive OneDrive] ===
Create an [wiki:help/en/howto/b2#AuthorizedURL authorized URL] to make files available publicly expiring after 7 days. 
 * '''Cyberduck'''. Choose ''File → Share…''
 * '''Mountain Duck'''. Choose ''Create Download Share'' from the [wiki:help/en/howto/mount#CopyOpenURLsofFiles context menu].

=== [wiki:help/en/howto/dracoon DRACOON] ===
Create an [wiki:help/en/howto/dracoon#DownloadShare download share] for a file or folder. 
 * '''Cyberduck'''. Choose ''File → Share…''

=== [wiki:help/en/howto/dropbox Dropbox] ===
You can share a [wiki:help/en/howto/dropbox#SharetemporaryURL temporary URL] to provide access to a document in your Dropbox.
 * '''Cyberduck'''. Choose ''Edit → Copy URL→ Signed URL''
 * '''Mountain Duck'''. Choose ''Copy URL'' from the [wiki:help/en/howto/mount#CopyOpenURLsofFiles context menu].
[[Image(Drobbox Temporary URL.png, 800px)]]

Optionally set a password required to download the file. Choose ''Cancel'' to create a public with no password protection.

=== [wiki:help/en/howto/googledrive Google Drive] ===
Share the web link to open download or open the file in Google Docs. This will set the permission of the file to `reader/anyone`.
 * '''Cyberduck'''. Choose ''File → Share…''
 * '''Mountain Duck'''. Choose ''Create Download Share'' from the [wiki:help/en/howto/mount#CopyOpenURLsofFiles context menu].

[[Image(Share File Google Drive (Mountain Duck.png)]]

=== [wiki:help/en/howto/nextcloud NextCloud] & [wiki:help/en/howto/owncloud ownCloud] ===
Create public shares for people who are not Nextcloud users. Optionally set a password required to download the file. Choose ''Cancel'' to create a public with no password protection.

 * '''Cyberduck'''. Choose ''File → Share…''
 * '''Mountain Duck'''. Choose ''Create Download Share'' from the [wiki:help/en/howto/mount#CopyOpenURLsofFiles context menu].
[[Image(Create Download Share Context Menu.png)]]

=== [wiki:help/en/howto/ftp FTP], [wiki:help/en/howto/sftp SFTP] & [wiki:help/en/howto/dav WebDAV] ===
If you connect to a web root, refer to [wiki:help/en/howto/bookmarks#HTTPURL HTTP URL] on how to configure your bookmark to allow copying a HTTP URL for a selected file. With a valid configuration, you can open the corresponding HTTP URL of a file selected with your default web browser or copy the URL to the cipboard. To manage permissions, refer to [wiki:help/en/howto/info#UNIXPermissionsFTPSFTP UNIX Permissions (FTP/SFTP)].