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PiggyReader · 11-04-2019, 09:46 AM

Hello all
I’m using Ubuntu 19.10 and have a Calibre library in my user directory.
Is it possible for for my to run calibre under her login and have access to this library? It is just one computer, so we will not be accessing the files at the same time. She will only need read only access. We do this with music and video files.
I’ve read a lot of posts on the forum but it is not clear to me that this can be done on Calibre. A long-winded work around is to export the library to her account, but then I need to manually update her library whenever I add new books to my library and the duplication seems excessive.
Any ideas would be great…
Thanks

11-04-2019, 09:46 AM	#1
PiggyReader Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: none	Sharing a Calibre library between users on Ubuntu Hello all I’m using Ubuntu 19.10 and have a Calibre library in my user directory. Is it possible for for my to run calibre under her login and have access to this library? It is just one computer, so we will not be accessing the files at the same time. She will only need read only access. We do this with music and video files. I’ve read a lot of posts on the forum but it is not clear to me that this can be done on Calibre. A long-winded work around is to export the library to her account, but then I need to manually update her library whenever I add new books to my library and the duplication seems excessive. Any ideas would be great… Thanks