Hi,

I have two desktop PC,s. Both are running Ubuntu 9.02 and both are connected to the web via the same router (wired). I,d like to set these PC,s up as a home network so I can share files between them. Can anyone help me to achieve this?

Thanks

The wired connections are to your NAT routers switch, so you already have a LAN. You can use NFS or Samba to share files.
You also need to open the needed ports in the computers' firewall. Ubuntu may have a configuration for both, to help you configure them.
For samba, install the "samba" and "samba-client" packages. I would also recommend installing the "samba-doc" package if you have it. the "Samba 3 by Example" book supplied is excellent. It has examples you might want to use.

Another way to configure samba is to use samba swat. It is samba's web configuration interface that is installed with samba. You need to enable it. You can do this by either deleting the "disable = yes" line from the "/etc/xinetd.d/swat" file, or by running "sudo chkconfig swat on". Then point your web browser to: "http://localhost:931".

Here are the firewall ports you may need opened. 2049 is for NFS. The others are for samba. They might be opened for you when you install the "samba-server" package. Note that some are tcp port and other are udp ports. Forgetting to enable the udp ports can cause browsing problems.

Good Luck!

NFS might be a better choice than samba, given there are no Windows machines on the network. Samba emulates Windows file system sharing in a *n*x environment which requires some compromises because Windows file system sharing (was called SMB, now called CIFS) differs in many ways from *n*x file system sharing, especially around permissions/security.

Ok Thanks can you advise best way of setting up NFS

You can easily google this yourself
But here's just one example: http://kimbriggs.com/computers/compu...tup-guide.file