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All major OS already have a permission' system. It's on dropbox & co to honor them. On linux you can create an user group named "cloud", and allow dropbox to o
by monsieurbanana 7y ago
All major OS already have a permission' system. It's on dropbox & co to honor them.
On linux you can create an user group named "cloud", and allow dropbox to only sync files that belong to that group.
- bsaul 7y agoExcept dropbox will be totally unaware and try to access it. What i envisionned was more like a "control center" app of all the outgoing (and incoming) pipes from your FS to syncing systems, with both last syncing time, configuration, etc. A little bit like what's already happening for mail and calendar integration into iOS applications, only for files and on the desktop.
- monsieurbanana 7y agoSorry, I edited my post before reading yours. Yes, right now Dropbox would probably crash, but that's their problem. I really don't think it's something that should be handled by the OS when they already have a solution for it.
- bsaul 7y agoDepending on wether you're a linux, windows or mac user, you'll probably have different expectations on what the OS is suppose to provide by default.
- michaelmior 7y agoThis isn't really a great solution when I have files that are autogenerated. I either have to have the default group be "cloud" and then go back and chgrp these files when they are generated so they don't sync. Or I have to have the default group be something else, and inevitably forget to chgrp for files that I do want backed up.