chuck wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good file sharing app? > > TIA > > -Chuck > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
If you are sharing files among linux computers, then nfs is the way to go--not really an app, just define the files/directories on each machine you want ro share, and the machines to share them to. Then on each of the machines which will access the files, define a nfs mount and a directory. It is then transparent--it is mounted at boot usually and is simply like any other mounted partition. You can use linuxconf to set up both server and client sides of the nfs mount, the rest of the capability is built into the kernel, not a separate program at all. The other file sharing system is Samba, This one shares with windows boxes as well as linux boxes but is more of a chore to set up. Many people use webmin to set it up, others try the web browser game to use a setup program called SWAT, and some others say all that is unnecessary, put your favorite text editor on /etc/samba/smb.conf, read and configure as you choose, and save. LinNeighborhood, komba and gnomba are popular as clients of Samba to allow Linboxes to access either winboxes or other linboxes for shared files. Civileme
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