[ZendTo] Re: Library of files on a 'per user' basis

[Jules]

No, as otherwise what happens when you get a file in the top directory 
named the same as a file in the personal directory?

Remember you can add symlinks between the files and directories to avoid 
storing multiple copies of the same file. So you could make a directory 
for, say, a large group of users, and then just make a symlink from that 
dir to a link for each of the users you want to see that set of files.

Jules.

On 26/01/2012 18:08, Marlon R Deerr wrote:
>
> Ok, I think I have answered questions 1 & 2.  I have manually created 
> a folder for a user and tested this out. All seems to work as 
> explained. Is there no way to allow users to see what is also in the 
> 'default' top directory even if they also have files in their own 
> personal directory folder? (i.e. the drop-down will display all 
> documents in both sets of folders)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: zendto-bounces at zend.to [mailto:zendto-bounces at zend.to] On Behalf 
> Of Marlon R Deerr
> Sent: January-26-12 12:31 PM
> To: ZendTo Users
> Subject: [ZendTo] Re: Library of files on a 'per user' basis
>
> Sounds good.  Got a couple questions:
>
> 1. Must we then manually create these library subfolders for each user 
> we wish to have access to their own library?
>
> 2. What happens if there are files in the top directory as well as a 
> user's specific library directory. Will that user see all sets of files?
>
> 3. I obviously want to keep my existing preferences.php file.  Is 
> there any new options in the updated version that I need to 
> incorporate in my existing preferences.php file?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marlon
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: zendto-bounces at zend.to <mailto:zendto-bounces at zend.to> 
> [mailto:zendto-bounces at zend.to] On Behalf Of Jules
>
> Sent: January-26-12 10:34 AM
>
> To: ZendTo Users
>
> Subject: [ZendTo] Re: Library of files on a 'per user' basis
>
> I've added per-user libraries. See the beta section of the downloads 
> page to get it!
>
> What happens now is this:
>
> If there is a sub-directory of the library directory named the same as 
> the logged-in username, that directory is used. If not, then the 
> top-level library directory is used.
>
> I then gather a list of all the files in that directory.
>
> If there are no files in that directory, the drop-down list is not 
> shown in the user interface at all.
>
> If there are files, those are presented as a drop-down list.
>
> The results are:
>
> 1. You have a "default" set of files in the top dir.
>
> 2. You can have a few users who have empty subdirectories and so never 
> see that the "library" functionality exists at all.
>
> 3. You can have an empty "default" top dir, but subdirectories for a 
> few users. Then most of your users will never see the "library"
>
> functionality exists, and only those few users who do have a 
> subdirectory will see it.
>
> Use case for my site: we have 1 guy in our central IT service whose 
> job it is to send software media out to people all over campus.
>
> He used to have to write CDs and DVDs and put them in the post!
>
> Now he sends them as ISO images using ZendTo.
>
> He is fed up of uploading the same files to different users over and 
> over again, so wants to use the "library".
>
> I leave the top-level library directory empty, apart from just a 
> subdirectory for him.
>
> *Only he* ever sees that the library exists at all, so all the other 
> users of the service on campus don't get confused by a thing they 
> can't/don't use anyway.
>
> Result ==> Happy users, and happy guy in IT service !
>
> I've released this as a beta. I've just put the DEB and the RPM on the 
> web site, you'll have to upgrade by downloading the relevant file and 
> then CentOS / RedHat / Fedora
>
>      rpm -Uvh zendto-4.09-1.noarch.rpm
>
> Ubuntu / Debian
>
>      sudo dpkg --install zendto_4.09-1.deb And beware you don't hose 
> your /opt/zendto/config files by mistake!
>
> If you don't have a recent version, and you use MySQL, you will need 
> to run the 2nd "mysql" command given in /opt/zendto/sql/README.MySQL 
> to add the necessary tables that the "library" uses.
>
> Jules
>
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