Re: "Correct" directory for group files

2006-02-19 Thread Matthew Weigel
William Kranec wrote: Hi, I have a photo collection which I would like multiple users to be able to access, and I would like to do this by storing the files in a central > location on my disk and linking /home/$USER/photos to that directory. Where is the most appropriate place in the filesys

Re: "Correct" directory for group files

2006-02-19 Thread mike
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:19:01 -0500 William Kranec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a photo collection which I would like multiple users to be > able to access, and I would like to do this by storing the files in a central location on my disk and linking /home/$USER/photos to that direc

Re: "Correct" directory for group files

2006-02-19 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 11:03:44PM +0100, scorch wrote: > if you put them on /var & run out of space [...] quota(1) and referenced documentation may help.

Re: "Correct" directory for group files

2006-02-19 Thread scorch
Where is the most appropriate place in the filesystem for this directory? I've considered both /home/photos and /var/photos, but I'm not quite if one is better than the other, or if it just doesn't make a difference. if you put them on /var & run out of space due to people stuffing pr0n or

Re: "Correct" directory for group files

2006-02-19 Thread A Rossi
It probably doesn't make a difference, except if your /var partition (or /home for that matter) won't hold the photos directory as well as the regular data that is held there. But I do remember that in OpenBSD you can save your /home directory when upgrading , so there's something to keep in mi

"Correct" directory for group files

2006-02-19 Thread William Kranec
Hi, I have a photo collection which I would like multiple users to be able to access, and I would like to do this by storing the files in a central location on my disk and linking /home/$USER/photos to that directory. Where is the most appropriate place in the filesystem for this directory? I'