Quakeboy02 |
09-13-2008 11:06 PM |
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Originally Posted by Charles G
(Post 3279703)
I'm trying to figure out how I can have media folders that all users on one machine can have access to and add material to.
And I'm wondering if the folder(s) can be someplace other than a user's home folder so that they can back up their home folder without having to backup all that big stuff.
-CG
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A common area doesn't have to be in any particular place. "/home" is where you go for "your" stuff, but it's not a limitation on you. In my case (and I've noticed in others) I use "/data" for all my "stuff" (music, movies, kernels, other source code). It's on a separate disk from the root drive, and it makes it much safer for me to do upgrades and trial kernels, because if (when) I bork things really good, it's just a matter of fixing the boot drive; not fixing my data.
Consider setting up a "/data" (or your favorite name) partition or drive, and put your media there. You can give all users "rw" access, or give them their own directory, or even define a new group, set ownership to that group, and add membership in this group to your users.
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