-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 NFS mounts a remote directory to a local one. For me, I use command line tools to mount samba directories (all I have to do is type mount /path/to/mountpoint) and the samba share is simply another directory on my computer. I then use cd, mv, like I would for any other file. Konqueror also works as expected.
Konqueror also has a number of things that it can handle natively. From the address bar, type fish://[EMAIL PROTECTED] and you can browse a remote computer over ssh, by pointing and clicking. I know sftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED] works, so I imagine ftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED] works as well (I no longer support ftp, so I did not test this) As for NFS, it is different from samba. It is designed to be mounted like any other partition, in this case the partition does not happen to be local. To make a long story short, given the way NFS works, it makes an smb4k-like application pointless. Samba is a big topic. I have just bought the "Samba-3 By Example" book (ISBN 0-13-188221-x) because I don't know enough about it, and I use it everyday. Anyway, samba can be configured to be a PDC, member of a domain, or just a computer with some shares. This is the short short version. All you should need to do is smbpasswd -a username to create a user with a password. Then all you have to worry about is the usual user/file permissions. Mitchell Brown wrote: > Thanks Gustin :) Always a pleasure to read your responses :) > I guess I can use Samba, yeah, but, just for future reference, is there > something like this for FTP at all? > > PS: I'm not sure how to setup usernames and passwords for > files/folders/printers/resources on my box. Do I need a "Primary domain > controller" to do that? Sounds expensive :-/ > > On 5/28/06, *Gustin Johnson* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Mitchell Brown wrote: >> Hi, > >> I was wondering, what is (if any) the equivalent of smb4k for FTP and >> NFS mounts? >> I want to connect my server to my workstation under > /home/mbrown/srv and >> then >> tell Picasa and Amarok to scan that folder (as I store all my > music and >> stuff on the >> server). Sure, I could use Samba, but I find it. Well. Windows-ish. >> Slow. Insecure. >> Lack of configurability (is that a word?). > >> Thanks. > > Actually I use samba for exactly this purpose, mostly because it is > *more* secure and reliable than NFS. Also NFS has issues over a > wireless network whereas samba (CIFS) just flies. NFS can be made to > run over TCP, which helps improve performance over a wireless link, but > in my tests it has a higher CPU load and lower actual throughput > than samba. > > There is a more secure derivative of NFS called sfs, but I found samba > easier to configure and deploy. > > Also, the convenience of having the odd Windows box mount shares is > nice too (I use Linux almost everywhere I have a choice, except on one > machine). _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[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 > -- > pub 1024D/9091C422 02/05/2006 Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Primary key fingerprint: 812B 94BC EA0D 345A CC1C 2ED9 F7F6 5CCF > 9091 C422 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFEfdhKwRXgH3rKGfMRAsxFAJ9wl3VG1rYLqBGgOyHVUS3kNyAz5ACY/3EU XXSwhwfmP8LkOaTlRaj8dw== =aIYw -----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
