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Accordance with multiple user accounts


dandennison

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Hello,

 

I have a lot of Accordance modules. In fact, I love your software.

 

However, recent versions of Accordance seem to store the modules inside the user's home directory. Normally this is what you want, it overcomes user permission issues.

 

In my case however, my wife and I have separate accounts so that she can have her icons, desktop, and folders, and I can have mine. This way we don't have to worry about accidentally closing browser tabs on each other, etc. We retain each other's passwords, it's not a security thing, more of a convenience thing.

 

That said, this results in having to manage 2 separate Accordance installs because beginning some time around version 10, this migrated from the shared Accordance folder into a per-user folder.

 

The downside to this is not only the mass duplication of modules on disk and the associated waste, it's also the duplication of bandwidth and associated expense involved in keeping things up to date. I imagine at some point, this will also involve a conversation about Easy Install no longer working due to activation count, which is silly, because it's Accordance, on the same computer used by husband and wife in the same home.

 

Help? I think having the Modules folder be shared across a married couple on the same computer should not be problematic.

 

Best,

 

Dan

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If you are able to make very very sure you never ever both have Accordance open at the same time. (i.e. fully quit accordance before signing out). I imagine if you forget, something bad might happen :D

 

In OS X a folder in one users home folder are can be shared into another users home folder area, using a terminal command:

 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/80875/what-is-the-unix-command-to-create-a-hardlink-to-a-directory-in-os-x

 

cf also:

 

http://osxdaily.com/2015/08/06/make-symbolic-links-command-line-mac-os-x/

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I'm aware of soft links, I tried that and Accordance just blows it away and creates a new empty Modules structure.

 

I imagine there is some magic with plists and pref files that can force an arrangement, but I'm mostly inquiring here to see if this is a use-case that could be considered.

 

As for hard links, thanks for the pointer. That does sound intriguing but I suspect the same issue with config will be present, I need to inform the user config of the modules now present... again I'm back to asking for a supported solution. This cannot be hard.

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On this topic, I managed to make a tarball of the easy install downloads. This will help for future reinstallations, but a documented procedure on how to get Accordance to use it would also be helpful.

 

Not to derail the thread however, I still would like to see a system-wide Modules directory again...

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