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Killer Smurf wrote: > Hello all. I'm sure my questions are a bit simplistic but I'm going to > ask anyway. I'm running Breezy (5.10) with Gnome > on all of these computers. > > 1> I'm looking for a way to interconnect my computers (2 desktops and > 1 laptop) to share files between them. I think I'll use samba even if I > have no win boxes in use. Is this the best way? > I believe so. Samba provides a method for securing access to the files without relying on the client's /etc/passwd file (all uids need to be the same for all users accross all computers for nfs to work right). Samba is also far more robust accross a wireless link. > 2> Also with the laptop I would like to be able to connect when I'm not > on my home network (SSH?) or is there something else that would be more > suited? > I believe so, ssh is easy and secure, *but* it relies on the command line, so if you are not as comfortable with the command line, something like NX which provides remote GUI access might what you are looking for. > 3> If I do use SSH can I set it up to be ReadOnly (CopyOnly) or is SSH > fairly secure and can I use putty from the work computers to access my > system ( The work computers are win.) > > 4> Any good HOWTO's for a beginner would be great. linuxquestions.org and tldp.org are two great resources. OF course the proper google search phrase can work wonders too. > > You all have been a great help to my wife and I Thank You again > > Frank > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDToTGwRXgH3rKGfMRAokoAJ4k6+7/z1G9OTs7nx2M0iMpAgrweACgnwSR RrFWqgW7QL1SD6rRKNB8A9M= =nHDB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
