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Networking & Transfering files

Hi All,

I can access/transfer files between windows boxes on my network using \\computer\c$

I can access/transfer files between slackware and windows from kde using smb://windowshost/c$

I presume to access slackware folders from windows I could setup samba.

What about transfering files between linux boxes? what are my options there.

NFS? could I use samba to transfer files between linux boxes?

Would KDE do it natively?

Stuart

Just reading hte slackbook, it appears that using samba, is the preferred method and will be compatible with linux/windows hosts alike.

Although the idea of setting up NFS appeals to me as I've never done that before

NFS is what I use for accessing my Slackware server from all boxen
except an occasional Windows boot to use Adobe InDesign. From there
I use Samba. Use rsync for transferring files between Linux boxen
and you'll not have to deal with corrupt files. I mount NFS shares
when the computer boots with these lines in /etc/fstab:

Code:

# Mount points for NFS #

192.168.1.11:/home /serverhome nfs auto,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,intr 0 0

192.168.1.11:/backup /server1 nfs auto,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,intr 0 0

192.168.1.11:/backup2 /server2 nfs auto,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,intr 0 0

If you lookup Alien Bob's wiki, there should be some good article/HOW-TO.

Hi,

When setting up new equipment I will use 'scp' and 'ssh' to work between machines.