Multiple users - shared folders - file permissions

I want to be able to copy and move files between two user accounts so that each user will have read-write permsssions for those files. I have the standard Shared User folder (HD:Users:Shared), and the standard Users' Shared folders.
More specifically, I want to copy or move files to either of these shared folders and have those files take on the permissions of the shared folder into which they are copied or moved. As of now they do not do that; whether copied or moved, they retain the permissions they were created with.
"Apply to enclosed items" only works to change permissions for items already in a folder, not for new items. I haven't found a Folder Action for the purpose, nor anything in Automator that would appear to help.

Easiest sweetest way is to create a read/write sparse disk image and place it in your /Users/Shared
directory.
The default method for mounting disk images will result in the user having full ownership privileges
of all the files & folders contained therein. Thus when scanning a mounted disk image, and copying
data to/from it, there will be no permission related errors. The implications of this become huge
when you realize that anyone who mounts a DMG will have full access. This allows you to share your
data with other users without having to worry about access restrictions. This can be invaluable when
synchronizing with a "central repository" that you need several users to have access to.
Creating a blank disk image for storage
You can use Disk Utility to create a blank disk image to store files. Normally, you need to gather all
the files you want to be included into a single location before you create a disk image. However,
with a blank disk image, you can add files to the image at any time.
To create a blank disk image, Open Disk Utility:
Choose File > New > Blank Disk Image.
Type a name for the disk image, and choose where you want to save it from the pop-up menu.
In Volume name, enter the name for the volume that appears on your desktop when you double
-click the disk image.
Choose the size of the disk image from the Volume Size pop-up menu.
To require a password to open the disk image, choose an encryption scheme from Encryption.
Choose “Single partition - Apple Partition Map” from the Partitions pop-up menu.
Choose “sparse bundle disk image” from the Image Format pop-up menu.
Click Create.
Resizing a disk image
If you can read from and write to a disk image, you can make it larger or smaller when you either
need to save disk space or store more in it.
To resize a disk image:
Open Disk Utility. Select the disk image if it appears in the list of disks and volumes, and then click
Resize in the toolbar.
Otherwise, click Resize in the toolbar, and then select a disk image from the dialog that appears.
Select a new size.
You can even get fancier by creating a small app with automator that will mount the image, then
place it (the app) in each user's login startup item list. Then the image will mount on the desktop
when the user logs in and will be easily accessible like any other mounted disk.
Kj

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We want to be able to share alot of stuff between the two users. for instance, If I were to login then connect my Digital camera and import in iPhoto then fast switch to my wife's account I want to be able to see those photos that were just imported. What are the steps (if any) to make folders synced/shared.
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The easiest way is to put the files you wish to share between users in the Shared folder (this is the Shared folder located in the Users folder.) All files placed there can be accessed by all users.
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I have setup my iMac with 4 user accounts (for the wife and kids). Some files I would like them to all have access to and that access be read / write.
I believe I should use the /Users/Shared directory but when a user creates a file there the permissions are rw for the owner but only r for the group & other. I would like the permissions to default to rw also for group when the file is created so any of them can edit the shared file.
Basically the umask is defaulting as 0022 and I would like it to be 0002.
How can I set their account behavior to be this way by default? Thanks

You should be able to take the permissions you have set and "apply to enclosed items." I am trying to attach a picture of what this looks like so my apologies if it does not work.
Highlight your folder you want and go to File>Get Info or command+I and at the bottom where it has Sharing and Permissions, click the lock button to authenticate. Click the gear and click "apply to enclosed items". See if that works.

Multiple users sharing one itunes library

i have multiple users on my mac, but i'd like us all to be able to access the same itunes library. when i go to itunes prefs on one of the other users accounts and redirect their music library to my folder, it says it is doing it, but itunes still goes to their own music folder instead of mine. i can share my library with the sharing pref, but while they can now listen to my music, they still can't use it in imovie. is there any easy way around this problem??
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I wrote a simple shell script that executes each time a user logs in (well, actually, each time I log in, coz' it's not really applicable to other users). It syncs my work and home addressbooks and iCal calendars to one another.
I named it "sync". Then I read somewhere that if you wanted to make it double-clickable (to launch it from the Finder), I appended a ".command" filename extension (so it's now named "sync.command"). I also did a chmod 755 to that file so that it had execute privileges. Depending on whether you give each user their own copy of this thing, or keep a single copy in, say, the /Users/Shared directory, you may have to play around with chmod. Whatever, just so long as the user that has just logged in has execute permissions to the file, and to the entire path to the file, you should be good.
Then, in SysPrefs > Accounts > Login Items, I added that "sync.command" file to the list. So, really the only difference is I'm not wrapping mine inside an Automator script like you are.
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Is it possible to copy a folder and it's contents to a users document folder on multiple computers via ARD 2.X?
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For iPhoto 09 (version 8.0.2) and later:
What you mean by 'share'.
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
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Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
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Quit iPhoto in both accounts. Move the Library to the Users / Shared Folder
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You would think Apple, the forefront of Home computing, would have a built in preference selection allowing multiple users on the SAME computer to share simple things like address book and calendar data.
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