A user posts a file to the Chatter feed for a record of an object that has a Private organization-wide default. Which statement accurately describes…

When a file is posted to the Chatter feed of a specific record, its visibility is directly inherited from that record. The user who posts the file is the owner and always has access. In addition, any user who has access to the parent record (through ownership, role hierarchy, sharing rules, manual sharing, etc.) can also see the record's Chatter feed and, consequently, the file attached to it. The object's 'Private' organization-wide default restricts access to the record itself, but the principle of inherited sharing for the attached file remains the same for those who do have record access.

A. A shared Chatter post link is an explicit sharing action, not the default visibility that is established when the file is first posted to the record.

B. This is incorrect because the primary purpose of posting a file to a record's feed is to collaborate with other users who have access to that record.

1. Salesforce Help, Article: Who Can See My File?

Under the section "Where the File is Shared," the documentation states: "Files attached to records follow the sharing rules for the record. If you can view a record, you can view the files attached to it." This directly supports the principle that file visibility is inherited from the record it's attached to.

2. Salesforce Help, Article: Share Files with Records

This article explicitly states: "Attaching a file to a record makes it available to anyone with access to the record." This confirms that access to the record is the determining factor for file visibility in this context.

3. Salesforce Files Implementation Guide (PDF)

In the "Sharing and Visibility" section (page 10 of the Spring '16 version, a principle that remains constant), it details file sharing behavior: "When a file is attached to a record, it inherits the sharing settings of that record. Users with access to the record can view the file." This reinforces the concept of inherited sharing from the parent record.