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Simultaneously share iTunes on one multi-user Mac
Authored by: jctull on Dec 01, '05 02:34:05PM

This is a really good solution, but what if someone is using the sawtooth? You cannot login via AFP to the computer you are on, at least not in a test I just performed. Presumably, if the music is on an external drive, this would not matter because that volume is available to all logged in users. But then music added by different users may have permission issues. (Can music added to an iTunes library be read by all users? I do not think so, but not certain.)

If the music were on the internal drive, it would either need to be in a non-standard location outside of the "Music" user's home directory, within their "Public" directory, or would have to have special permissions.

I am not entirely sure if this would end up being all that elegant either, at least in the case where someone actually uses the machine that serves the music.



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Simultaneously share iTunes on one multi-user Mac
Authored by: mistersquid on Dec 02, '05 04:52:57AM

If someone were using the sawtooth . . . Now *there's* a problem for you. Sort of. If the data and operating system are separate then it wouldn't be a problem. I was sticking as closely to bciesq's scenario as I could, but I do a version of this myself.

In particular, I have a main user (who is an administrator) that owns the iTunes files on an internal hard drive other than the startup volume (the drive in question is named "domokun"). My 2 other home computers and one work computer (WAN) all have domokun mounted using AFP and all have equal access to the audio library.

The playlists (and libraries should I ever want them to be so) on each machine can be as distinct as I choose them to be.

Other users can read the volume, so that's not a problem on the sawtooth. However, to add music one either has to have the appropriate group permissions or be logged in as the owner. I think having a user who is not an administrator (my setup is unique) for all to use is the best solution for most people.



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