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You can use nfs = Network File System, which is the Linux network file sharing equaivalent to windows file sharing (samba).
You will have to make sure that nfs is installed and working - which will vary according to your distro. When you have it installed and running, you simply add shares to /etc/exports file in the format:
/directory/to/share network/mask(options)
eg: /mnt/data 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(ro)
check 'man exports' for information on options. for now, ro = read only, rw = read write...
When you change a share in the /etc/exports file, run 'exportfs -r' probably as root, to reload the exports file. Then, from another machine on the network (in the allowed network/mask), use mount command to mount the nfs share like:
mount -t nfs remoteip:/directory/being/shared /local/directory
like the example above, eg: 'mount -t nfs 192.168.0.10:/mnt/data /mnt/nfs'
Using NFS is like using a soft iron crowbar for a hammer. It'll work, but it's a lot of trouble....
Use SFTP to transfer files that you've never sent before. Use rsync over ssh (rsync --rsh="ssh -2" source destination) to synchronize files that already exist on both hosts very rapidly.
Ok, i was thinking of more permanent connections, like Samba/Windows shares, since that was mentioned in the original question... For less often transfers, i use scp, part of ssh package... why use rsync over ssh?
I use rsync in my backup scheme to synchronize the contents of over 20,000 directories; including the home directories and email spools of 400+ users and ten departments.
It takes less than an hour.
Fast enough? The tarballs take nearly 14 hours to make after the rsyncs are done.
Scp is SSH version 1. It's a replacement for the dreaded Berkeley rcp.
SFTP uses SSH version 2 and also comes with your SSH package. It's a replacement for FTP.
Rsync is designed to use the equally dreaded and fundamentally evil Berkeley rsh, but it can use ssh instead.
If you are already supporting samba, and haven't any need for speed or security, use smbclient. If you don't mind having another protocol engine to support, use NFS or Coda. If you want raw speed and power with hard-core security, use SFTP or rsync-over-ssh.
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