Greg,

If this is a software is potentially to be used by everyone, you can  
put it at the existing "public" place:
/software/programname/version/ (then it would be ideal place to put it).

/software (is writable and readable by user 'software').

The user 'software' is for everyone (who does not have root access)  
to install software that is visible throughout cluster.
All the /software dir (and subdirs) should be readable/executable by  
anyone.

Not sure if that fits all your needs.

Thanks,
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On Mar 6, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Greg Reese wrote:

> Robin,
> Some of the programs I'm installing require the user to put a file  
> (a font
> file in this case) into the directory from which they run the  
> program. Can
> you make a directory (perhaps called "public") with read access for  
> everyone
> where I can put these font files? As there may be other programs in  
> the
> future that also require the users to download files, is it worth  
> it to
> create subdirectories now (named after each program in the public  
> access
> directory) to avoid clashes of files with the same names?
> Greg
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