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Digikam over SSH -X with multiple users

Dotan Cohen
I am networking our home, and I would like to install Digikam on the
server. Users will open digicam via X forwarding over SSH. What issues
must I be aware of if multiple people use it at the same time? We will
genreally be adding tags, moving photos to different folders,
importing photos, and deleting photos. Thanks.

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Re: Digikam over SSH -X with multiple users

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On Sunday 25 October 2009 10:48:56 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I am networking our home, and I would like to install Digikam on the
> server. Users will open digicam via X forwarding over SSH. What issues
> must I be aware of if multiple people use it at the same time? We will
> genreally be adding tags, moving photos to different folders,
> importing photos, and deleting photos. Thanks.
>

Well, I'm no expert but... digikam is not designed to work on multiples
instances running at the same time. You'll probably end up screwing the
database :S

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Re: Digikam over SSH -X with multiple users

Gilles Caulier-4
first digiKam instance will have full DB access. All other instances
will have a read only DB access.

Gilles Caulier

2009/10/25 Marc Deop i Argemí <[hidden email]>:

> On Sunday 25 October 2009 10:48:56 Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> I am networking our home, and I would like to install Digikam on the
>> server. Users will open digicam via X forwarding over SSH. What issues
>> must I be aware of if multiple people use it at the same time? We will
>> genreally be adding tags, moving photos to different folders,
>> importing photos, and deleting photos. Thanks.
>>
>
> Well, I'm no expert but... digikam is not designed to work on multiples
> instances running at the same time. You'll probably end up screwing the
> database :S
>
> Damnshock
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Re: Digikam over SSH -X with multiple users

Dotan Cohen
> first digiKam instance will have full DB access. All other instances
> will have a read only DB access.
>

Excellent! What about moving files?

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Re: Digikam over SSH -X with multiple users

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Dotan Cohen a écrit :
> I am networking our home, and I would like to install Digikam on the
> server. Users will open digicam via X forwarding over SSH. What issues
> must I be aware of if multiple people use it at the same time? We will
> genreally be adding tags, moving photos to different folders,
> importing photos, and deleting photos. Thanks.
>

best way is probably instaling freenix and opening a session on the
server (for each user)

Digikam (old version, kde3) used to build the database on the folder
pointed to by the config, so one can use as many database as wanted (I
use this often).

New (kde4) allow creating one database and as many "collections"  as
you want.

I beg the best way of working is to allow a different database for
each user. You can then open the locations and have read access to all
the images but write access only on you own base

this may ask for an other level: better make the various users have
write acces to they own images (at the system level, make write
disabled for group, for example) to prevent problems

However, never tried so complicated thing

jdd

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Re: Digikam over SSH -X with multiple users

Dotan Cohen
> best way is probably instaling freenix and opening a session on the
> server (for each user)
>
> Digikam (old version, kde3) used to build the database on the folder
> pointed to by the config, so one can use as many database as wanted (I
> use this often).
>
> New (kde4) allow creating one database and as many "collections"  as
> you want.
>
> I beg the best way of working is to allow a different database for
> each user. You can then open the locations and have read access to all
> the images but write access only on you own base
>
> this may ask for an other level: better make the various users have
> write acces to they own images (at the system level, make write
> disabled for group, for example) to prevent problems
>
> However, never tried so complicated thing
>

Thanks, but we want the same tags and folder structure across the
house. Not just the same pictures.


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jdd@dodin.org
Dotan Cohen a écrit :

> Thanks, but we want the same tags and folder structure across the
> house. Not just the same pictures.

so I see only one solution: allowing only access by one people at the
same time

jdd


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Dotan Cohen
>> Thanks, but we want the same tags and folder structure across the
>> house. Not just the same pictures.
>
> so I see only one solution: allowing only access by one people at the
> same time
>

According to Gilles, the remaining people will not have write access
to the database. So I just need to know what happens if they move the
files.

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Re: Digikam over SSH -X with multiple users

Gilles Caulier-4
the future is already in the way.

Porting digiKam database interface to MySql is already complete. We
need to test indeep all cases to see if all work fine. this is the
most long stage.

After that, supporting multiple account will be easy to do...

Gilles

2009/10/25 Dotan Cohen <[hidden email]>:

>>> Thanks, but we want the same tags and folder structure across the
>>> house. Not just the same pictures.
>>
>> so I see only one solution: allowing only access by one people at the
>> same time
>>
>
> According to Gilles, the remaining people will not have write access
> to the database. So I just need to know what happens if they move the
> files.
>
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