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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: West Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Posts: 7
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
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Re: file sharing in linux
Originally, sharing files meant setting up a server. Linux is not Windows. There's no button to automagically "Share files and printers". The way Windows does it is with an NFS-like protocol called CIFS.
http://us1.samba.org/samba/what_is_samba.html Part of what makes Linux great is that it gives the user so many options and different ways of completing certain tasks. That being said: What are your plans for the data being shared? An FTP server would be best suited for hosting files on a single computer for use by multiple "client" computers. If you're wanting to keep text files or music libraries in sync between machines, i'd go with this. http://vsftpd.beasts.org/ http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Network_Ot...p-daemons.html An NFS server would be usefull for modifying files or streaming content on a local network. If you want to play music stored on one computer downstairs on a computer upstairs, then maybe add to the music collection downstairs from upstairs - basic file sharing needs - you should probably look into this. http://nfs.sourceforge.net/ nfs and windows: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324055 This might help as well: SUSE <--> SUSE, file sharing http://www.google.com/search?q=site%...x+file+sharing |
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