Q: Share iTunes library on NAS with multiple users
Howdy,
I have been playing a while to get itunes library share working. I know it is supposed to be done with home sharing. But I don't like it.
My library is on a NAS (synology). I connect with NFS mount. There are 2 users on my mac.
When I open en close the libary from user account 1, then the permissions and owner rights of the library file are changed by iTunes. They are changed to 501 (user) and 20 (group). Permissions are only r/w to this user/group.
This prevents the other user 2 (502) to open the libary file. Since only user 1 (501) has permissions.
Now there are a lot of topics to be found on the internet, that suggest to make the folder of the library 'shared'. This will fix the problem. The thing is: the folder is on a NAS and the mac os options for setting it to a 'shared folder' doesn't work. Also the option to make a ACL see:https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1691 doesn't work for a network folder (on the NAS).
So I'm kinda stuck. Is there a solution to this?
Thanks!
Posted on Nov 2, 2012 1:51 PM