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 >