Comment on Suggestion request: Self-hosted app for shared directories like google drive
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I use filebrowser.org for this.
Nice lightweight filebrowsing/sharing with user management. Users can have their own dedicated directories, or share.
You can also creat share links that allow anyone with the link to view/download files. Optionally password protected.
SinTan1729@programming.dev 3 days ago
I took a look. It’s very close to what I want, but it still doesn’t support uploads in shared directories. It seems to be a pretty highly requested feature though. So maybe it’ll happen at some point.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I would just setup a user account like the share you’re describing. There’s a setting to prevent the user from changing their password.
Just pass out those credentials to anyone you want to collaborate with; they don’t need their own individual accounts.
SinTan1729@programming.dev 3 days ago
That’s a pretty good idea, actually. I’ll try that out. Thanks.
q7mJI7tk1@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yes, as @Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca says, just create a new user for each event you want to share photos about: ‘BeachBBQ’, ‘WeekendStay-July’ etc, then bind those user accounts to whatever folders you want to have the photos in and set the user restrictions to upload, share, but not delete for example.
I also use various FileBrowser instances, with a different subdomain pointing to them, also as a way to filter out usage as well.
collegefriends.mydomain.comcould take you to a FileBrowser instance that only has access to photos from a certain friend group. Not sure how useful that would be to you, but it’s another way of controlling the data flow.