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

[Jeff Hubbs]

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 <mailto: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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