From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Anish Mangal
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 11:18 AM
To: xsce-devel <[email protected]>
Cc: server-devel <[email protected]>
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.

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.

 

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 <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > 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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