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Anish Mangal Date: 10/27/2015 1:33 PM (GMT-05:00) To:
xsce-devel Cc: server-devel
Subject: Re: [XSCE] usbmount
On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Tim Moody wrote:
From: xsce-de...@googlegroups.com [mailto:xsce-de...@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Anish Mangal
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 11:18 AM
To: xsce-devel
Cc: server-devel
Subject: Re: [XSCE] usbmount Why the need to have a folder with a specific
name? In different langs, the folder name could be different to make sense to
users?I assume you mean on the usb not the symlink. The worry was that we
wouldn't want to share the /grades or /myphotos folders, so we should restrict
the share to specific folders. The link students will see will just be USBx,
which is pretty international. Also, /library/content renders unicode names,
so files inside the share in any language should work.Remember, this is a
dynamic share, not a copy at the moment.
Yes, I meant on the USB. So if I understand your explanation correctly,
everything in the USB drive will be linked/shared in a folder visible to the
students?
Everything under /media/usbn/share (or either of the other 2 checked ) will
appear as /library/content/USBn. Nothing else is shared. /library/content is
already in the web space. Another idea could be to link it to the folderspace
where owncloud houses it's content to allow easy back and forth between the
server and the USB key - unless there is a better mechanism. I think owncloud
is a much more feature-rich alternative. You can create folders with any name
you like with restrictions on users. You can upload files to those folders
from your hard disk or an attached usb. I also think owncloud creates db
records for uploads and we would have to do that manually, which could be
tricky and risky.
+1. Fair enough. Hacking here might lead to problems.
I think the automount is simple with some restrictions and owncloud is more
complex with more functionality. On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Tim Moody
wrote:I'm working on adding LibraryBox/PirateBox type
functionality whereby if a usb in plugged into the server it is automounted by
usbmount and if it has /share, /Share, or /PirateShare in its root directory a
symlink will be created in /library/content/USBx depending on where it was
mounted. I think this should be enabled by default. Any comments?
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