On 03/11/10 11:04, Justin Stringfellow wrote:
(1) Create a way to share files between machines on a LAN really easily
that doesn't hang the system if the network goes away. SAMBA is too
complex. sshfs can hang a whole machine if a network goes down.
NFS soft mounts?
Yes, CIFS has a similar option. It's part of a solution, but it doesn't
exactly solve the whole problem. I'm sitting at my desk right now,
using a desktop. There's a laptop next to it which has a file on it
that I want to use. I could scp it (but then I end up with two copies),
or I could set up samba sharing on or other, or I could set up an NFS
server on one and mount it. I'm on a DHCP network without DDNS which
doesn't help. Both lack the convenience of just saying "I want
something from that machine there" and using Avahi or DNS to figure out
how to get to it, setting up an ad-hoc pairing and trust, and sharing
files in a really simple drag & drop way (or equally from a shell with
full tab-completion and familiar tools (cp, ls, mv) rather than
smbclient or ftp. All the required bits are already there, they just
need putting together in the right way :)
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