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zzmijarevic · 07-27-2010, 08:11 AM

Hello!

My friends and I have all started to use Calibre. However, we want to have a "shared" library.

Currently, we are using a windows network drive for storing the Calibre library. However, calibre instances run by concurrent users (users using the same library at the same time) on different machines are not synchonized.

Consequently, it would be nice to be able to run calibre in a multi-user environment/OS.

Is there a configuration or approach that could solve the issue of multiple users attacking the same calibre library?

Of course making Calibre totaly multi-user would be a little to much, maybe it would be enough to lock the library so that changes could be made by only one user at a time?

Thoughts? Workarounds?

Thanks.

Ps. Great job with the new versions making life easier with UNC filenames/folders!
p.p.s. As I understand, some of my question may be resolved by calibre 1.x

07-27-2010, 08:11 AM	#1
zzmijarevic Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: HTC HD2	Windows multi-user features Hello! My friends and I have all started to use Calibre. However, we want to have a "shared" library. Currently, we are using a windows network drive for storing the Calibre library. However, calibre instances run by concurrent users (users using the same library at the same time) on different machines are not synchonized. Consequently, it would be nice to be able to run calibre in a multi-user environment/OS. Is there a configuration or approach that could solve the issue of multiple users attacking the same calibre library? Of course making Calibre totaly multi-user would be a little to much, maybe it would be enough to lock the library so that changes could be made by only one user at a time? Thoughts? Workarounds? Thanks. Ps. Great job with the new versions making life easier with UNC filenames/folders! p.p.s. As I understand, some of my question may be resolved by calibre 1.x Last edited by zzmijarevic; 07-27-2010 at 08:31 AM. Reason: added p.p.s.