Common Folder for all users

[Robin Laing]

Shane Lahey wrote:
> Hello Stanley,
> 
> Sunday, July 17, 2005, 9:41:09 PM, you wrote:
> 
> SD> Is there a way to have a folder setup in a common
> SD> place and then become a folder visible in the users
> SD> home directory after they logon?  If so how is it done?
> 
> 
> 		
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>  
> ln is your friend :)
> example:
>   mkdir /common/user1
>   ln -s /common/user1 /home/user1/extra_space
> 
>   ----SNIP----

---SNIP ---

I have used this at home with the multimedia files and shared 
documents.  What I have come across is some issues with directory and 
path usage with copying and moving files around.

I have found that the 'mount --bind {source} {link}' works better than 
ln for some cases.

Look up
   man mount

Also, I create a group for the users that use the shared directories.



-- 
Robin Laing