Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC
* Jon Jermey jonjer...@gmail.com [2011-09-21 14:12:21 +1000]: The only help I can find with Google is horrendously complicated. Can anyone provide a simple solution or point me to a straightforward set of instructions? Jon, for simple sharing you could try using ssh sharing instead of smb. 1. check you can ssh between the machines. If not, do this on both machines: sudo apt-get install openssh-server sudo service ssh restart (you may want to later setup ssh keys and tighten security by only allowing key-based authentication if the boxes are exposed to the internet, but that's another email) 2. install sshfs and mount the remote home directory: sudo apt-get install sshfs cd ~ mkdir mnt sshfs target_servers_ip_or_hostname mnt cd mnt ls I tend to use sshf for quick and dirty sharing, and nfs/smb (samba) for longer term or higher bandwidth sharing. HTH, -- Sonia Hamilton http://soniahamilton.wordpress.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/soniahamilton -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC
On 22/09/2011, at 10:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: The only help I can find with Google is horrendously complicated. Can anyone provide a simple solution or point me to a straightforward set of instructions? Jon, for simple sharing you could try using ssh sharing instead of smb. 1. check you can ssh between the machines. If not, do this on both machines: sudo apt-get install openssh-server sudo service ssh restart (you may want to later setup ssh keys and tighten security by only allowing key-based authentication if the boxes are exposed to the internet, but that's another email) 2. install sshfs and mount the remote home directory: sudo apt-get install sshfs cd ~ mkdir mnt sshfs target_servers_ip_or_hostname mnt cd mnt ls I tend to use sshf for quick and dirty sharing, and nfs/smb (samba) for longer term or higher bandwidth sharing. Although I do agree with Sonia, I find this even easier 1) put your public key on the other box [ ssh-keygen ssh-copyid otherbox ] 2) Use nautilus to 'connect to remote server' The other file system is just visible I find sharedkey easier than friggin around with vault and saved passwords etc James-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Mounting a shared folder from one Mint PC on another Mint PC
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:08:54 +0800, James Linder j...@tigger.ws said: I tend to use sshf for quick and dirty sharing, and nfs/smb (samba) for longer term or higher bandwidth sharing. Although I do agree with Sonia, I find this even easier 1) put your public key on the other box [ ssh-keygen ssh-copyid otherbox ] 2) Use nautilus to 'connect to remote server' The other file system is just visible Oh yes, the GUI... :-) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
