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Are there any benefits to using home folders?
I am currently in the process of resetting my 314. When I originally set it up 3 years ago (fw 6.1/6.2), I decided that it was more sensible to create a share for each user rather than using home folders. I think that there was a limitation on home folders but I can't remember what. What are the benefits of using home folders vs simply setting up a share for each user? Is it simply a share that is automatically created in the background?
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The "home folder" always has the same name as the user account, and is set up to be private. They can be difficult to restore from backups, and they are automatically deleted if the account is accidently deleted (that last behavior perhaps just changed - it created a lot of data loss in a recent ReadyCloud outage).
Also, if you do use ReadyCloud, you end up with two home folders - one for your ReadyCloud account, and one for your local account. That can create a lot of confusion.
I think your share for each user approach is still the right one.
i am going thro the same thing..
i used homes on my ultra 4+ for 10+ years now
but i love readycloud and my new 528X and homes are limted from some nice fetures that i like.
and yes the readycloud outige kinda suked .. but was told it was fixed.
i think i am going to go the make a share for each user rout my self this time.
i like the point that the files wont go away if the account was removed,and i dont have any truble backing up or restorring so far i dont see many people use homes as i would think.
also i am not using ANY local users short of admin when i nead to.
if you log in localy and use you readycloud info it will log you in just fine so you have 1 home 1 user name and password.
If you have a lot of user churn, then using the automatic home folders certainly makes it a lot easier on the admin. Otherwise, I also recommend you manually create folders for each user instead, especially if you use both local and ReadyCloud accounts for the same user. Note that they cannot have the same name as a user, but something like user1-home for user1 certainly works.
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