Hello list, looking for an answer why sharing files between users on the same system is so hard, I have stumbled accross wiki enties and blog posts about how (im)possible it is to collaborate for users on ubuntu systems.
The possibility of sharing access to files amoung users is a fundamental feature in multi user systems. It is generally known as "to work well under unix/linux". It is important beginning already with a computer user that want's to run say firefox under a separate user ID (and still be able to save downloads accessible for the primary user account) or a family computer, not to speak from any workgroup server. I'd like to bring to the attention of the ubuntu developers: The *nix collaboration features are not configured correctly in ubuntu. I have found the page MultiUserManagement in the ubuntu wiki documents the issues that prevent smooth user interaction. (Together with solutions.) In case of one related bug report the maintainer is actually waiting for a discussion on this list. Nessessary are only a couple of changes in the shipped configuration files, but together they make ubuntu a system that allows effortless and fine grained collaboration amoungst users. It's about having the private user groups (used in debian/ubuntu) work properly as designed with group, incomming and private directories. A developer would need to step forward for this. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiUserManagement Kind Regards, Christian -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
