[Owncloud] Group backend question

[Dirk Kastens]

Hi Michael,

> The current implementation of groups in ownCloud is only used for
> checking admin status and only admins can create/modify groups. In terms
> of sharing this is alright for enterprise, but it isn't ideal for a
> normal user who may want to group people together for quick sharing on a
> reoccuring basis. In my mind this is a different definition of groups
> and so it may break off from the group backend. For the future of
> sharing in ownCloud I envision sharing becoming more focused on a user's
> contacts rather than users of the same ownCloud instance. I'm still
> formulating these changes in my head.

I see. We have many workgroups at university that use samba shares for 
collaboration. A share can be accessed by the members of a posixgroup. 
And the admin of the workgroup can manage his posixgroup. I thought of 
owncloud as an alternative to the samba shares.

Dirk

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