| 6 Sep 2021 |
 Elmo | In reply to @aanderse:nixos.dev
i have a laptop that is being shared by multiple people now
i have a single steam account and want everyone on the laptop to be able to use my account and all have the same games (single download)
any suggestions on the best way to achieve this? I'd create a common user, and write the password on a sticky note. | 14:59:38 |
 aanderse | don't really want to switch accounts
my 8 year old won't understand | 15:02:11 |
| Elmo | My 5 year old would, if I told him how to get to the games | 15:02:38 |
| Elmo | er, I mean, just motivate them :) | 15:02:50 |
| aanderse | lol | 15:03:05 |
| Elmo | b12f: no, really - a unique password on a sticky note is like 2FA - extremely good security unless somebody breaks into your house, at which point you'll have bigger worries than a lost Steam account. | 15:04:04 |
 b12f | In reply to @elmo:todurov.eu
b12f: no, really - a unique password on a sticky note is like 2FA - extremely good security unless somebody breaks into your house, at which point you'll have bigger worries than a lost Steam account. I understand, but it's worse 2FA when looking at things like discord, since the shared browser will keep people logged in | 15:05:05 |
| b12f | e.g. when it comes to kids playing pranks on each other it might not be the best solution | 15:05:16 |
| b12f | theres a reason kids put locks on their diaries ;) | 15:05:27 |
 philipp | Are you aware of steam family sharing? Multiple steam accounts can have the same games on the same machine. | 15:05:38 |
| philipp | I'm not sure whether that is a solution though because I haven't really understood the problem yet. | 15:06:04 |
| aanderse | philipp: seems overkill
i just want every user on the laptop to run steam as the same linux account (and same steam account)
just wondering if anyone had opinions on the best way to do this | 15:15:09 |
| Elmo | BTRFS with COW? | 15:28:54 |
| philipp | Or just have all the users in the same group and bind-mount the steam folder? | 15:31:50 |
| aanderse | yeah bind mount sounds like a good option | 15:35:46 |
| Elmo | In reply to @philipp:xndr.de
Or just have all the users in the same group and bind-mount the steam folder? How'd you ensure g+rw? | 15:51:52 |
| philipp | alias steam with umask setting and steam starting. | 15:59:10 |
| Elmo | I thought umask removes default perms, not adds? | 16:32:56 |
| philipp | It's where the file creation perms come from. | 16:35:25 |
| Elmo | Do they default to all perms with umask=0 then? I guess it makes sense... | 16:39:50 |
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 Dandellion | I'm always surprised to not see activity here when steam borks | 18:53:32 |
| Dandellion | If you need to access the features broken in the new steam update be aware big picture mode still works | 18:54:42 |
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