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On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 08:42:00AM +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > We had a good meeting yesterday in the White Hart at Holsworthy. One > subject that came up was Samba file sharing. I had heard of it but I had > completely dismissed it as of no interest due to my misunderstanding of > what it was all about. > > At home I have a desktop computer and wife and daughter each have their > own laptops. These are all set up with Linux. I can see that file > sharing could be useful at times. So back home I started researching. I > have installed samba on my desktop so now I need to start finding out > about it all. > > So on to Google to see what I could find. I have discovered quite a lot > but there is one problem area. All the tutorials assume that you want to > link a Linux computer with one running Windows, or vice versa. In fact > some of them clearly stated that the tutorial was all about linking > Linux to Windows and that the case of Linux to Linux was not covered as > it was 'different' and needed a separate tutorial. > > 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. > Linux to Linux file sharing does not need samba. SSH works very well PS I have the opposite problem, in setting up my new laptop I now cannot access my work (windows) server. AGGGHHHHH. Why cant they have their data on a linux server -- Henry Communication not signed with an original manual signature or an appropriately verified digital signature is not binding. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 or 0x3184D537 Smime Fingerprint 98:24:AE:F7:D1:D6:E5:A0:F0:55:2F:40:42:5F:46:24:F9:52:f4:30 Sun Sep 16 09:46:24 BST 2012 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq