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techrat124   11-03-2009 at 05:19:19 AM

I am new to the linux world. How do I see a harddrive on another computer through the lan?

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   11-04-2009 at 12:24:46 AM

SSH, NFS, Samba, etc.

 

What is it you're trying to do?

 

If you want to share files between Linux and windoze read the docs and howto at http://samba.org/

 

You can use SSH and NFS to transfer files and share filesystems over the network between almost any Unix system and any other Unix system.

 

Good luck :)


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techrat124   11-04-2009 at 07:43:01 AM

i want to set one linux/unix machine as a file server for two other linux machines. how do i set it up on the lan?

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sub mesa   11-04-2009 at 09:51:30 AM

Configure the server to use Samba (or NFS), then connect from the workstations to the server.

In Ubuntu, this is done using:

  • Menu Places
  • Connect to server
  • Enter "Windows share" (which is SMB/CIFS/Samba protocol)
  • Enter IP address, username and click Connect
  • Enter password
  • You should now be able to access it; create a bookmark for subsequent accesses

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audiovoodoo   11-05-2009 at 07:56:35 PM

NFS has the advantage that you can mount remote file systems under your existing directory structure. For example \home\music\ would really be \home\drive_on_remote_server\ so you could run local tools as if the files were local.

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