what prevents you from manually configuring and/or orienting the other users to do so, the cache to use a folder where network usage, write permissions and any other concerns are dealt with?
Dale Mahalko escreveu: > I see a change is being made to how the client stores cache data. > > The cache was previously going into > \Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\SecondLife\cache > > Which was bad for corporations and schools like me that use roaming > profiles, since this would mean the SL cache is roaming with the user > on the network, being stored on the servers. This reduces both network > performance and server backup storage, and was a strike against using > Second Life in a business environment. > > > With 1.21 the cache is now being put into: > \Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application > Data\SecondLife\cache > > This is a far better way to do it. Local Settings does not roam with > the user, and can stay on the computer until the user logs in again, > and their account picks up the previously cached data. > > > In my case the local account data gets deleted when roaming users log > off (volitale profile) to keep lab computers from running out of disk > space due to storing so much old unused profile data from many > different users. > > It would be nice if there could be a centralized "cross-user local > workstation cache" for networks using roaming. This would allow a > single large cache on the local lab computer that isn't deleted when > people log off and can be reused by different roaming students for > class lab sessions going to the same parts of the world. > > A possible shared-cache location might be: > \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SecondLife\cache > > Though I believe special write privileges are needed for programs to > write data into All Users. Students login using the restricted Users > group so they don't have write access to anywhere they want, but > programs storing data in All Users have proper write privileges even > if the logged-in user does not. > > - Dale Mahalko / Scalar Tardis > > > ============================== > Reference: > > http://svn.secondlife.com/trac/linden/browser/trunk/indra/newview/llappviewer.cpp > > 2626 #if LL_WINDOWS || LL_DARWIN > 2627 // NOTE: (Nyx) as of 1.21, cache for mac is moving to > /library/caches/SecondLife from > 2628 // /library/application support/SecondLife/cache This > should clear/delete the old dir. > 2629 > 2630 // As of 1.23 the Windows cache moved from > 2631 // C:\Documents and Settings\James\Application > Support\SecondLife\cache > 2632 // to > 2633 // C:\Documents and Settings\James\Local > Settings\Application Support\SecondLife > 2634 // > 2635 // The Windows Vista equivalent is from > 2636 // C:\Users\James\AppData\Roaming\SecondLife\cache > 2637 // to > 2638 // C:\Users\James\AppData\Local\SecondLife > 2639 // > 2640 // Note the absence of \cache on the second path. James. > 2641 > 2642 // Only do this once per fresh install of this version. > 2643 if (gSavedSettings.getBOOL("MigrateCacheDirectory")) > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges > > _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
