On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, D.V.Rogers wrote:
> I have two SuSE 7.0 boxes running and cannot figure out why I cannot see each
> other when I use Kruiser-the alternative file manager
>
> i can ping and telnet between both boxes but cannot see each other through a gui
> any pointers anyone?
I'm assuming youmean al-la "Network neighbourhood" under 'Doze?
There are two possible options you can do to make this work.
1) Set each Linux box up as a Samba server, and share the required mounts.
2) Use NFS, and remote mount the bits you want to be able to browse onto
the other machine.
Both have drawbacks - NFS is particularly dangerous if the machines are
connected to the internet, as it requires ports open which have *huge*
security holes - but Samba also leaves a bit to be desired, because it
relies on the buggy SMB protocol from M$, and there are some holes in that
too.
You could _possibly_ use Midnight COmmander to run an FTP connection on
the remote machine, but I've never been able to make that work.
> any suggestions on where to find some good recommended online documentation for
> networking linux?
You've got it networked - you can ping and telnet. What you want is an
application level problem, not a networking problem. You don't need
documentation on networking - you need documentation on application level
filesharing.
DaZZa
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