> On 08/12/2019 08:28 AM, Bill Barry wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 7:57 AM Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > >> > >> On 08/11/2019 10:04 AM, Nat Taylor wrote: > >>> so, you don't want to use the "ip" command to set your network addresses > >>> then use scp to copy files between the machines? > >> > >> Browsing the man page for scp suggests it is massive overkill for a > >> 2-node LAN of "trusted" machines. [The WiFi may be vulnerable, but the > >> two laptops have only a minimal Debian installation and have _*NOTHING*_ > >> on them that did not come from the installation DVD ;] > > > > You could use ftp > > https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-ftp-server-on-debian-9-stretch-linux > > but I don't think it is much easier to configure than ssh/scp. > > It's not a complexity issue so much as suitable topology. > A 2-node LAN has to be as close as possible to a peer2peer network. > I keep being referred to tools suitable for a client/server model > capable of handling a massive multiplicity of nodes. > > I've been a computer *consumer* since ~1961. Became much more involved > with system details when introduced to Debian 6.
Simply nfs share the systems disks with each other in a softmount situation (need softmounts/backgroundmounts to prevent deadly embrace during boot(s)) You may even want to -maproot=root. man exports and anything in that man pages SEE ALSO section. -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug