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Idea #17084: Global writable directory

Written by qense the 6 Jan 09 at 19:20. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
There are quite some programs that write and read things that would be nice to be accessible AND writeable by all users.
Examples are themes, game resources, plugins within programs and almost every other content all other extensions downloaded within software.

A directory could be created with write and permissions for all users. Content should be non-executable and be handled carefully.

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #17084
Written by qense the 6 Jan 09 at 19:20.
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pynej wrote on the 6 Jan 09 at 20:58
Any package can simply set its permissions as such, it is up to the package of system admin to do so.

Eldmannen wrote on the 7 Jan 09 at 00:45
Yeah, it is called /tmp/, you might have heard of it.

Things that are shared might be /usr/share/

Eldmannen wrote on the 7 Jan 09 at 00:46
Permissions: rw-rw-rw-

dino wrote on the 7 Jan 09 at 11:05
/usr/share is for things shared between computers - as everything in /usr it should not contain "user data" that goes into /var see /var/games for example for shared high scores.

jeypeyy wrote on the 16 Jan 09 at 15:57
+1. Must be made easier. Maybe in /home/share or something


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