Re: [nlug] Topics for next week's NLUG meeting?

2010-07-08 Thread Howard White
On 07/08/2010 02:59 PM, Chris McQuistion wrote: Anyone got any ideas/requests for topics for next week's NLUG meeting? Chris Someone posted to the list a few weeks ago about having problems with dual monitor setup in Ubuntu 10.4. I am having similar grief in spite of Steven Critchfield's p

[nlug] Topics for next week's NLUG meeting?

2010-07-08 Thread Chris McQuistion
Anyone got any ideas/requests for topics for next week's NLUG meeting? Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubs

Re: [nlug] Sharing Linux Files with Windows

2010-07-08 Thread Wayne Fay
> If you need to mount a share as a network drive in Windows, then Samba is > the right thing to use.  If you just need simple access to drag and drop > files (but not necessarily mount a share as a network drive) then WinSCP is > probably the best solution, since it uses SSH. You can also use som

Re: [nlug] Sharing Linux Files with Windows

2010-07-08 Thread Paul Boniol
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:49 AM, j...@coats.org wrote: > Ok, this may not be as secure, but it is easy. Dropbox.com you can > set up a free > account (up to 2G, pay after that), and use it on linux, winders, Mac > or whatever. > I am running their client on my Ubuntu 8.04 laptop now. Seems rock

Re: [nlug] Sharing Linux Files with Windows

2010-07-08 Thread Paul Boniol
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Don Delp wrote: > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Wayne Fay wrote: > > You could also consider just going with NFS assuming you install the > > Unix Services for Windows package (and that it works on Win7). > > NFS was my first thought too, but he mentions secu

Re: [nlug] Sharing Linux Files with Windows

2010-07-08 Thread j...@coats.org
Ok, this may not be as secure, but it is easy. Dropbox.com you can set up a free account (up to 2G, pay after that), and use it on linux, winders, Mac or whatever. I am running their client on my Ubuntu 8.04 laptop now. Seems rock steady. I also use Amazon S3 directly on Linux and WIndows of var

Re: [nlug] Sharing Linux Files with Windows

2010-07-08 Thread Chris McQuistion
If you need to mount a share as a network drive in Windows, then Samba is the right thing to use. If you just need simple access to drag and drop files (but not necessarily mount a share as a network drive) then WinSCP is probably the best solution, since it uses SSH. Chris On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 a

Re: [nlug] Sharing Linux Files with Windows

2010-07-08 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Wayne Fay wrote: >> Any hints on getting it set up?  Am I going in the right direction?  Or is >> there a better, secure way for a Windows computer to mount a Linux directory >> over the network? > > You could also consider just going with NFS assuming you install