Common folder between two users (same machine)

[Derek Broughton]

Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) wrote:

> Alan E. Davis wrote:
>>    - set up a user "common" where a partition is mounted to
>> /home/common/photos, or some such.
>>    - set up symlinks in each user's directory to folders that other
>> users may be allowed to access
> 
> - Creating a /public directory and then chmoding it to 777
> - Using filesystem ACLs:
>    - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ACL-OnByDefault
>    - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FilePermissions
> 
> PS: I dont understand _why_ Ubuntu documentation is behind an HTTPS
> link... It forbids my squid to cache it...

I had the same complaint.  In my case, it prevents my satellite service from
aggregating the requests, meaning I get an extra half-second latency for
every image on a page.
-- 
derek