An object of this invention is to allow a user to easily confirm whether the access right is set within a desired range in a system which can set the access right. To achieve the object, according to this invention, an information processing apparatus includes a unit which stores a user ID in correspondence with user attribute information, a unit which holds the user ID of an accessible user in correspondence with each file or each folder, a unit which provides a display for selecting a user accessible to the file by using the attribute information when storing the file in the folder, a unit which determines whether the user ID corresponding to the selected attribute information coincides with the held user ID, and a unit which informs the user of a warning when it is determined that the user IDs do not coincide with each other.