Share environment and files with new users

[k-nayak]

Hello everyone!

I would like to get some clarification on shared environment and folder on jupyterhub.

I have deployed jupyterhub (tljh) on a VM, and have manually installed all the required packages that i need to run my code.

1. Is it possible to create a link to connect to local file in my computer rather than uploading each file.
2. I am able to run my code with my account, i would like to know when i add new users as admins how can i share my packages and environment and make sure they are also having the same environment and packages. with the help of this guide (Share data with your users — The Littlest JupyterHub v0.1 documentation) i have created a folder name “scratch” which is accessible by the other users in their home directory but is not accessible by me. how can i have a folder that is accessible by all users including me?
3. I am also unable to change password as it give an error while i try to access (<your_server_ip>/hub/auth/change-password) [500:internal server error]. I read that it can be a bug, but if there is any fix to it. Please do let me know.

I hope some of you may have implemented what i am trying to implement here and could provide some valuable inputs for my issue.

Thank you in advance.

Have a great day!

[consideRatio]

1. I don't think so
2. See Document how to create a shared conda environment #429
3. This was resolved in Fix failure to await render_template firstuseauthenticator#37 I think, we need to cut a release and update to that release in TLJH though.

I'll go for a close on this as its somewhat addressed and its very hard to manage a broad issue from a maintenance perspective. Feel free to open a new specific issue if there is a bug or similar, but ask for help in jupyter.discourse.org.