Mutimedia files location
Roger Oberholtzer
roger
Thu Nov 16 12:53:05 PST 2006
On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 15:28 -0500, Harry G wrote:
> 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!
/share/multimedia
/share/documents
/share/whatever
>
> Harry G
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