Multiple users pointed to the same location as their "Home Folder"
One of the things we need to be able to do for out work is share folders. We are project based and do not want to store the projects in the users "eDirectory User" home folder. We made some initial test assigning two users to the same "Home Folder" and shared a folder and had multiple accounts both internal and external pick-up and drop off files in the folder.
While it appears to work, I wanted to find out if there are downsides in having 20-30 people with the same Filr "Home Folder". What are the potential "gotchas". Security (internal) isn't an issues since these network locations are accessible by all the users anyway.
Daniel Wells AIA, VCP
Senior Associate | IT Coordinator
MHTN Architects, Inc.
Direct: 801.326.3215 | www.mhtn.com
vision made real
Hi!
Gotchas?
Well, it essentially does exactly what it is supposed to do.
(BTW, i have tested this with Filr 1.0.1 some time ago, if 1.1 behaves
differently this would bw a MAJOR product change.)
Given:
Two internal Users A+B with the homedirs pointing to the exact same path
\\Server\Dir
One external User c@tld
* User A logs in and creates a directory X and shares it with contribute
rights to c@tld.
* User c@tld logs in and creates a file X\file
* User B logs in, see a folder X and the file with A as the author. The
folder IS NOT shared to everyone (at least as far as user B is concerned,
the user does NOT set the sharing details of user A)
* User B shares the same folder X with c@tld with view only rights.
* User c@tld clicks the link from User B and IS NOT able to contribute.
* User c@tld is puzzled and calls User A asking why his rights have been
revoked.... etc. etc.
* User B has the (for him readonly) data somewhere else and calls the folder
X obsolete and deletes it.
* User A and c@tld are really pissed off.... etc. etc.
* User c@tld has several different links with potentially different rights
all pointing to the same physical location...
etc.
Again, it does exactly what it is supposed to do - from a technical point of
view, but this might not be what the users/organization can
handle/expect...
Georg
>>> Daniel Wells<[email protected]> schrieb am 05.11.2014 um 20:54 in
Nachricht <[email protected]>:
> One of the things we need to be able to do for out work is share
> folders. We are project based and do not want to store the projects in
> the users "eDirectory User" home folder. We made some initial test
> assigning two users to the same "Home Folder" and shared a folder and had
> multiple accounts both internal and external pick-up and drop off files in
> the folder.
>
>
>
> While it appears to work, I wanted to find out if there are downsides in
> having 20-30 people with the same Filr "Home Folder". What are the
> potential "gotchas". Security (internal) isn't an issues since these
> network locations are accessible by all the users anyway.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Daniel Wells AIA, VCP
> Senior Associate | IT Coordinator
> MHTN Architects, Inc.
> Direct: 801.326.3215 | www.mhtn.com
> vision made real
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