Re: Local filesharing

Ryan Schiffbauer wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a good way of sharing files on a local network?
>
> I use the pseudo-Windows-filesharing program called Samba now, but I
> would like to avoid it in favor an all-Linux approach. I have considered
> NFS, but I read that it's quite insecure.
>
> I'm running Kubuntu 5.04. My aim is to be able to use my two calendar
> programs on two separate machines on the local network to share one
> calendar file. So I don't just want to be able to transfer files, I need
> to share them (using a mount, presumably.)

Since you are using Kubuntu you may want to use the KDE's Fish protocol
as discussed by Eric Sorton.  Here some good instructions to look at:
http://www.linux.org/lessons/short/fish/t1.html

I've tried it out, and it is secure and fun to use.

Jonathan

> What do you guys(/gals?) use as a preferred way of sharing files locally
> that isn't insecure? Any recommendations?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Ryan
>
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