mp3s
 

where in the filesystem would i put mp3's, documents, and things that all my users can share? (i use redhat 7.3)

Anywhere you want, usually in the home directory somewhere, or create some sort of data directory everyone has access to.

When you say 'all my users', will they all be running Linux? If not, then you might want to consider having a seperate 'Windows' partition that can be read by both Linux and Windows.

If, however, they will all be running Linux (locally - we're not talking networking, are we?), then /home/mp3 is a good idea, so long as you set the permissions so that all users can at least read the files.

mp3s
 

i'm trying to only keep home directories in home, heck i have even moved /root to /root/home. Yes we are talking about just linux users here. No networking. Again i'm using RedHat 7.3 if that helps at all with the directory structure.

yeah, just put them in /home somewhere, and then they'll all be able to access them, ;)

Do what tricky says and create /data and give everyone access to it.

mp3s
 

would that make complications with the FHS or not, could i throw it somewhere under /usr?

You can put it anywhere you like, so long as you have the correct permissions when writing the files to disk. You really ought to put them in sensible places, though. I have my MP3 files under /mnt/win_e because they're on a shared fat partition.

Re: mp3s
 

You could put them in /usr but in sense, that is usually where programs and commands are stored.. and if you have that on its own partition, then you might want to reserve that for that purpose. the most logical place would be in a /home directory or create a new directory like /data or even /mp3 if you wanted.. it describes what the directory is used for and makes it easier for others.

I added a couple of new disks to my server when I got the dcgui client. I mount them as /opt2 and /opt3 and share /opt3 to all users (read only) and stage everything in /opt2. I moved my ftp srver to /opt2 as well.

This setup works for me. I'm sure it will be fine for you, if the /data dir is on the partition with the / dir or not ;)

Happy listening ;)

thanks!
 

thanks! I think I'll put them in a /home/share directory. In this way i have a place for all of my items that my users can share. Thank you!