Depending on where you create a new folder, particular rights are assigned to you.
in a personal folder
in a public folder
in a shared folder
If you create a new folder in a personal folder:
You are the owner.
In the E-Mail app and the Drive app, other users inherit their permissions for the parent folder. In the other apps, other users do not inherit permissions.
If you create a new folder in the
folder:You are the owner.
Other users will get no rights. You have to set the permissions for the new folder. If you then create new subfolders in this folder, the permissions for this folder are inherited by the new subfolders.
If you create a new folder in the shared folder of another user:
The user who shared the folder is the administrator of the new folder.
You are the author of the new folder.
Other users will get the same rights as for the parent folder.
Note: You need to have permission to create objects in the shared folder.