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Re: [LUG] Samba - not the dance

 

On 16/09/12 09:37, Simon Avery wrote:
> Hello Neil,
> 
>     So, if anyone can point me towards any tutorials or help files which
>     specifically cover Linux to Linux file sharing using Samba I will be
>     very grateful. And yes I do have friends who use Windows but I have
>     neither the need nor the wish to share files with them.
> 
> 
> In a purely linux environment, Samba offers little that nfs doesn't as
> far as sharing files/directories goes, which explains why most guides
> don't go into that.
> 
> Yes, it's possible, mostly by mounting remote shares instead of map
> drives - but really, use NFS instead. Less overhead.
> 
> Generally you'll want a server, or lacking that, the desktop that's
> turned on most of the time to host the files (or the one with the most
> disk space...) and define a directory to export using /etc/exports
> 
I don't have a server and my desktop is turned on only when I want to
use it and is then turned off again. So most of the time it is off. This
applies to the two laptops too of course. None of us leaves out machines
on all the time.

Neil

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