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Does reformatting a disk unlink steam family share? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by tDSpPd2C9MrT8n@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm unsure if this is a Linux specific issue but when I add or remove a hard drive steam will unlink family share which is a hassle to relink, I know it's a niche question but does anyone know if reformatting a disk or partition will also cause an unlink? Thank you in advance.

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[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the data is probably stored in your home directory, I think it's in ~/.share/steam. if you delete that directory, you will probably lose your family share on that computer.

[–] tDSpPd2C9MrT8n@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hi Justin, Steam seems to validate your machine using some hardware info as removing or adding even unrelated disks will cause an unlink even if the home directory remains entirely intact, I'm not sure if it's a bug or intended behaviour but it definitely does happen and why I was hoping just a reformat of the unrelated disk would still pass those hardware checks.

[–] hunger@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

One more reason to run the steam flatpak: At least I can sandbox away things steam does not need to concern itself with.