On 22/09/2011, at 10:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: >> The only help I can find with Google is horrendously complicated. >> Can anyone provide a simple solution or point me to a >> straightforward set of instructions? > > Jon, for simple sharing you could try using ssh sharing instead of smb. > > 1. check you can ssh between the machines. If not, do this on both > machines: > > sudo apt-get install openssh-server > sudo service ssh restart > > (you may want to later setup ssh keys and tighten security by only > allowing key-based authentication if the boxes are exposed to the > internet, but that's another email) > > 2. install sshfs and mount the remote home directory: > > sudo apt-get install sshfs > cd ~ > mkdir mnt > sshfs target_servers_ip_or_hostname mnt > cd mnt > ls > > I tend to use sshf for quick and dirty sharing, and nfs/smb (samba) for > longer term or higher bandwidth sharing.
Although I do agree with Sonia, I find this even easier 1) put your public key on the other box [ ssh-keygen ssh-copyid otherbox ] 2) Use nautilus to 'connect to remote server' The other file system is just visible I find sharedkey easier than friggin around with vault and saved passwords etc James-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
