Mutimedia files location

[Harry G]

On Thu November 16 2006 3:08 pm, Mike Reinehr wrote:

>
> I would suggest another location, such as /home/multimedia, for a couple of
> reasons, mostly personal preference. I don't like to clutter up my root
> directory, and it's easier to manage backups by locating all user files
> under /home.
>
> Adding users to a group multimedia sounds like a good idea. You might also
> want to set the sticky bit on the directory multimedia: "When the sticky
> bit is set on a directory, files in that directory may be unlinked or
> renamed only by root or their owner. Without the sticky bit, anyone able to
> write to the directory can delete or rename files. The sticky bit is
> commonly found on directories, such as /tmp, that are world-writable. "
>


I just don't like to allow the sharing of /home/user files.  Like to keep it 
clean.  

But thank you for the input!

Harry G