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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Baloo] [Bug 333678] Cannot index and search files in soft link path using Baloo Desktop Search.
From:       mau <b-misc () gmx ! ch>
Date:       2014-10-23 17:14:01
Message-ID: bug-333678-17878-0LISWNFzff () http ! bugs ! kde ! org/
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--- Comment #6 from mau <b-misc@gmx.ch> ---
My approach:
User A has /home/A
User B has /home/B
Shared between them is group AB, with ACLs and shared data in /home/AB/
Directories inside /home/AB/Documents/ are symlinked into /home/A/Documents and
into /home/B/Documents, so the users don't have to switch to
/home/AB/Documents, which is - as I think - a nice approach (think of a family,
there are files and folders they may want to share).

Baloo is configured to include /home/A and /home/AB for user A, /home/B and
/home/AB for user B.

Now what I discovered is that file search with krunner works very well and
finds also shared files; it shows them with the path /home/AB/..., which is ok.
Search in dolphin from inside /home/A/ finds it as well, but only if searching
in "Everywhere"; "From Here" does not find the file (because the symlink is not
followed during indexing, I assume).

As far as the tags and ratings are concerned, it's pretty much the same:
If A rates a file inside /home/AB/Documents/aFolder with dolphin, it works as
expected, dolphin reacts immediately. But dolphin doesn't show the rating
inside /home/A/Documents/aFolder_symlinked, where aFolder_symlinked is a
symbolic link to aFolder.
If A rates the file inside /home/A/Documents/aFolder_symlinked, dolphin takes a
breath but remembers the rating; but inside /home/AB/documents/aFolder the
rating is not shown.

The same problems arises with the music and video collection, which resides
inside /data/Music and /data/Video and is shared between users A and B as well,
symlinked to e.g. /home/A/Music.

There seems to be a sort of synchronization missing between the original
files/folders and the symlinked ones which imposes problems in the way I
described the sharing of files between the different users.

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