How to Make Admin-Uploaded Photos Visible to All Users Automatically?
Is this a feature request, or am I just unable to use an existing feature? I'm not sure.
As a foundation, we organize events, and before the event, we provide tickets to users along with a unique username and password.
What I want to do in Immich is that when the admin uploads images to the panel, they should appear in the Photos and People sections for all users, allowing everyone to see them.
However, the system requires me to create an album and share it that way or manually select the images to be shared. But I don’t want this. If the admin user uploads 100 photos, those photos should automatically appear for all users without any extra steps.
How can I achieve this? I couldn’t find any setting that allows everyone to see all uploaded images.
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.There is no option for this
Actually, there is. After enabling Shared Library and activating Show in Timeline, the photos appear. However, face recognitions do not show up.
Right, that's extra steps which you said you don't want
Sharing faces isn't possible at all right now
What I want is for face recognitions to also appear, but it seems there is no setting for this.
Is there currently any development being done for this?
Not right now, but we are closing in on a big permissions rework
Thank you.
Would this be a possible solution?
If I create a new user, for example, "test", without modifying the admin account, and set this user's upload limit to zero so they can't upload any files or photos. Then, I mount a folder to this user using a protocol like SMB, and upload the images directly into that folder.
If I give all users a single password to access this folder, would this solve the issue?
This is one solution I thought of. Do you have a better or more logical alternative?
Works if you trust them not to delete or edit stuff
The solution I have in mind is to create an account like in the demo, disable features such as file sharing or the user's ability to delete or add anything, and upload all the photos from my computer using Samba. This way, I can share my images by providing everyone with a single username and password for a shared account.
You'd need to block a bunch of API endpoints etc, but it could probably work
I don't know how to create a user like this demo user.