Re: GUI File Sharing


Subject: Re: GUI File Sharing
From: Drew Lane (drewlane@qwest.net)
Date: Mon Mar 18 2002 - 13:29:50 MST


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>> IF you setup FTP or NFS on a Linux or any other UNIX machine, you
>>can use any file manager to move files around. All you need to do is add a
>>mount point (/mnt/remote_drive), and mount the network drive (mounting a
>>network drive tells the computer to access X drive on Y machine, Windows
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>another cool way is to open a ssh connection, then load (on the remote
>machine, type "konquerer" or your favorite file manager) konquerer - and
>voila, you have a file browser loaded in your machines window, running off
>the remote machine, and you can drag and drop to your hearts content. waay
>cool, one of the many features I love about linux/X.
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Thanks guys, I'm going to have to give this stuff a try.

Now, is ssh the same as rlogin?

What about file sharing between Linux -> Windows?
Do you have to use Samba for this?

Regards,

Drew



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