Re: File Sharing

Michael Heiming wrote:

In comp.os.linux.misc M <ihatespam.0.a101888@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Hi Folks,

I have got two linux machines and I want to share files between them.
[..]

What the User / Group permissions should be on /home/kubuntuUser/public/?
Do I need to add a network user, and if so how?

Users/groups need to have the same UID, identified by the command
'id' on both systems.

If there is a step-by-step idiots guide that anyone knows that would be
good.

Sure there is, the NFS howto (www.tldp.org) or/and your distro,
whatever your run, documentation should have docs.

As already pointed out to you, in the world of unix computing,
systems use NFS (network file system) to share data transparently
to user/applications through the network.

Good luck


Thanks for the URL to the linux document project.

However I was after something that would take me 30 seconds not really some
guide that rambles on and on and has you hacking files left right centre.

Turns out what I was looking for was:

Select System Settings->Sharing (Internet & Network section).

Select File Sharing and 'add a folder', use the UI to quickly configure.

Go to other PC navigate using Konqueror Copy / Paste JOB DONE!

<rant>
Great big long winded HowTo's are great when you have several hours to spend
understanding the nuts and bolts, but they drive me absolutely nuts when I
am in a hurry and all I want is to get the job done and move onto the next
thing that I need to do. I just want something that is 'quick and easy and
cuts to chase'.

Legal Stuff - Don't care NOT interested
How NFS works - Not interested at the moment all I want to do is move a
couple of files, don't care how it works, just tell me the minimum I need
to know to make it it work and get the job done!

etc etc.

I think you get the gist <evil grin>

</rant>

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Regards,
M

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