--- Vern W Heesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have two linux boxes connected through a hub and can't figure out > how to > network them together so that files and printers can be shared. I read > the > howto's but got really confused. Unless I am missing something very > simple, > it seems setting up samba to share with windows was easier than this. > > Can anyone shed some light on this for me? Point me to a very simple > step-by-step maybe?
Well, you didn't really comment on what flavor of Linux is running on either box, or how heavily customized you may have made them. But, the solution to your file sharing between two *nix boxes is NFS. Just about every major linux distro includes fully functional NFS servers & clients by default. So all you should need to do is the following: 1) Lets say your two boxes are known as linuxA and linuxB, and you want to mount the filesystem of linuxA on linuxB. On the linuxB box, type: mount -t nfs linuxA:/home/username /mnt/whatever 2) To go the opposite direction from linuxB to linuxA: mount -t nfs linuxB:/home/username /mnt/whatever Now both boxes should be able to see the files of the other. You didn't really comment on how the printers are setup. Are they networked or local? ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux FAQ & Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
