[ale] public sharing of folders on linux - newbie question

[Geoffrey Myers]

Why would he want Samba between two Linux machines?  I know it works, but go with NFS.

On Jan 25, 2013, at 9:47 AM, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> You want Samba, which speaks CIFS.
> 
> On 1/25/13 9:39 AM, Pete Hardie wrote:
>> Sounds like you want NFS - it allows you to export a filesystem/directory to be accessible as if it was local on another machine.  However, it requires setup on both machines.
>> 
>> Samba might be another option, but I've never tried it
>> 
>> 
>> Pete Hardie
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>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Friends:
>> 
>> I am going to draw analogy from Windows here.
>> 
>> In Windows if I have machineA and has a folder called outgoing I can share that folder for public access (as in I dont care who access that within the LAN everyone can copy from/to that folder)
>> 
>> On machineB I can then do \\machineA\outgoing and access files/folders from that location.  I may choose to MAP it or I dont have to.
>> The UNC way of accessing is quite handy in email s and stuff.
>> 
>> ==================
>> 
>> Having said that, what is the equivalent of that in Linux (between Linux computers)
>> 
>> If LinuxMachineX has a folder /home/developmentuser/goodstuff and I want to share that so anyone in the world can access that folder what is required of me to that ?
>> 
>> On the same line another LinuxMachineY has to access the LinuxMachineA's folder what is to be done by LinuxMachineB ?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> -Narahari
>> 
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