[ale] public sharing of folders on linux - newbie question

[Sergio Chaves]

My personal experience is (home network):
FTP = best/fastest on transferring files 4gb and up.
NFS = better/faster. struggles a little with files 4gb and up.
SMB = best for mixed OS environment and *nixes struggle a little with
large files as well.

I use a little ftp over http app called weftp from
http://www.web-ftp.org/ where wife and kids share files. Works great
when the kids forget their homework at the home PC :-)


Sergio

On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> The OP indicated a desire to share from linuxmachineA to any system with no
> OS specified. As NFS on windows is poor and CIFS support on Linux is solid,
> Samba makes sense.
> There are web-based file-sharing tools but they're not as easy to use as
> mounted drive space. Also, they use central file system and aren't designed
> for desktop level file sharing.
>
> On Feb 2, 2013 10:07 PM, "Geoffrey Myers" <lists at serioustechnology.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Why would he want Samba between two Linux machines?  I know it works, but
>> go with NFS.
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2013, at 9:47 AM, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
>>
>> You want Samba, which speaks CIFS.
>>
>> On 1/25/13 9:39 AM, Pete Hardie wrote:
>>
>> Sounds like you want NFS - it allows you to export a filesystem/directory
>> to be accessible as if it was local on another machine.  However, it
>> requires setup on both machines.
>>
>> Samba might be another option, but I've never tried it
>>
>>
>> Pete Hardie
>> --------
>> Better Living Through Bitmaps
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
>> <savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Friends:
>>>
>>> I am going to draw analogy from Windows here.
>>>
>>> In Windows if I have machineA and has a folder called outgoing I can
>>> share that folder for public access (as in I dont care who access that
>>> within the LAN everyone can copy from/to that folder)
>>>
>>> On machineB I can then do \\machineA\outgoing and access files/folders
>>> from that location.  I may choose to MAP it or I dont have to.
>>> The UNC way of accessing is quite handy in email s and stuff.
>>>
>>> ==================
>>>
>>> Having said that, what is the equivalent of that in Linux (between Linux
>>> computers)
>>>
>>> If LinuxMachineX has a folder /home/developmentuser/goodstuff and I want
>>> to share that so anyone in the world can access that folder what is required
>>> of me to that ?
>>>
>>> On the same line another LinuxMachineY has to access the LinuxMachineA's
>>> folder what is to be done by LinuxMachineB ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> -Narahari
>>>
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