For heterogenous unix networks, NFS is a great answer. Though to avoid a hanging system, it's better to use the soft mount feature. -Dan Sent from my iPhone On Mar 24, 2011, at 1:38 AM, "kitepilot@kitepilot.com" wrote: >> I tried to get NFS to work once, but it wasn't worth the hassle. > I've done it. > I've suffered it. > I've seen the puters hung. > I haven't seen the corrupted files. > And I won't, cuz I ditched NFS and use sshfs.... :) > YMMV. > ET > Living on Earth is expensive, > but it does include a trip around the Sun every year... > > > Eric Cope writes: >> I tried to get NFS to work once, but it wasn't worth the hassle. I recall >> reading about issues when the mounts would hang and file corruption, but I >> don't recall exactly... >> Eric On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:27 PM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < >> kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: >>> I would stay away from NFS too. >>> Complicated, it's sometimes impossible to kill and requires root >>> privileges. >>> sshfs will do everything that NFS does in userspace without root getting >>> involved. >>> ET >>> >>> keith smith writes: >>>> >>>> Samba is not native to Linux. It is for sharing files on Linux in a file >>>> server fashion with windows. >>>> For two Linux boxes you might want to look at NFS or Network File System. >>>> This might get you started : http://nfs.sourceforge.net/nfs-howto/ >>>> ------------------------ >>>> Keith Smith >>>> 2 Chronicles 7:14 (New International) : if my people, who are called by my >>>> name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their >>>> wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and >>>> will heal their land. >>>> --- On Tue, 3/22/11, S Kreimeyer wrote: >>>> From: S Kreimeyer >>>> Subject: Re: network ; basic how to... >>>> To: nicepenguin@webcanine.com, "Main PLUG discussion list" < >>>> plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> >>>> Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:31 PM >>>> >>>> Betty, >>>> I'm not familiar with Samba, but I know you can accomplish the same thing >>>> through SSH. There is a pretty good tutorial for that here, >>>> http://linuxowns.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/share-files-between-2-ubuntu-computers/ >>>> The steps are pretty straight forward, and SSH is included in most modern >>>> linux distributions. The only thing I don't think it mentions explicitly is >>>> how to determine your IP. This is most easily done through the terminal. >>>> $ ifconfig >>>> your output will look something like this >>>> --snip-- >>>> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 1c:4b:d6:ba:86:dd >>>> inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 >>>> Mask:255.255.255.0 >>>> inet6 addr: fe80::1e4b:d6ff:feba:86dd/64 Scope:Link >>>> --snip-- >>>> The text I bolded is what you're looking for. The numbers may even be the >>>> same. If you are using a wired connection then you will likely need the IP >>>> from "eth0" >>>> If anything in that guide doesn't work, you should be able to do >>>> everything from the terminal. More info on that can be found here >>>> http://support.suso.com/supki/SSH_Tutorial_for_Linux or from the man >>>> pages for SSH in the terminal ( $ man ssh ). Hope that helps. >>>> Regards, >>>> Sam >>>> >>>> On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 15:43 -0700, betty wrote: >>>> i have two linux computers called 'stormy' and 'stormy too'. i want to be >>>> in one of my offices in the house and access files or send files to another >>>> office in my house. ie, send from 'stormy' to 'stormy too' . >>>> they are both on a wired connection to my cox service. >>>> i have installed 'samba'. (but i don't know where it is on the gui) >>>> i think i have to enable file sharing through the >>>> 'admin>preferences>personal file sharing, but when i go to that the screen >>>> says "this feature cannot be enabled because the required packages are not >>>> installed on your system" . well that is all fine and good, but it does not >>>> tell me what the required packages are. >>>> this is frustrating. >>>> is this something that is over my head? >>>> as usual thank you for your magnificent and useful help; please keep basic >>>> as possible. >>>> maybe there is an easy tutorial i can follow?, i looked but as expected, >>>> there is a plethora of sites.... >>>> >>>> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss