Allow all access to database files (dumb newbie question)

[David A. Bandel]

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On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 17:01:51 -0500
begin  Harry G <harrycg at attbi.com> spewed forth:

> I am running ACT! software via Crossovers Wine package rather
> successfully.  I have another user on the same computer I want to give
> access to the database file, and also a bunch of documents.
> 
> Where is the best place to put this in the filesystem?  I see a lot of
> places that might work, but I want to do this properly.  Both users will
> need read and write access, by the way.
> 
> Thank you, oh great teachers!


There are several interpretations of where might be "right".  I favor
/var/lib/<databasename> or /var/local/<databasename> because /var is
designed to be the mount for things that "grow" -- logs, dhcp.leases, etc.
 I'm pretty sure this is the FHS way as well.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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