File sharing between 2 PCs

[satimis]

Hi folks,

F-7 x86_64
OpenBSD 4.1 amd64


I have 2 pcs running F-7 x86_64 and OpenBSD 4.1 amd64 respectively. They are connected via a Router for Internet sharing. What will be the simplest way for file sharing between them, transferring/retrieving files? How to achieve it?

TIA


B.R.
satimis

[Parcival]

I suggest Samba.

[ph34r]

Samba or NFS

If you think you'll ever get Windows in the mix, then Samba. Staying all *nix based? NFS

[satimis]

Hi folks,


Tks for your advice.


I found SSH and SCP are running on both F-7 and OpenBSD 4.1 boxes. It would be better applying them to do the job.

I did it about 7~8 years ago on RH boxes but having a dim recollection on running them now. I made use of Konqueror to share files with drag-n-drop. I can evoke application remotely. Now the only difference is no desktop running on OpenBSD box. But I can run command line to transfer and retrieve files. I don't need evoking application remotely.

Could you please or any folk on the forum shedding me some light. How to make use of the IP of the router to run the command line? How to find the hostname of each box? etc. Pointers would be appreciated. TIA


B.R.
satimis

[crow2icedearth]

i would probably use NFS because you arnt sharing any windows over the ntework. NFS can be tricky to secure... and i would limit acess to only the two machines using htem

[ph34r]

If you don't mind using ssh/scp, you can create shortcuts and a file manager like view in X using nautilus... its under the connect to server menu (at least on my ubuntu boxes)

[happybunny]

Samba? Why would you introduce a Windows file sharing protocol between 2 *Nix based machines?

NFS, Cifs, scp ftp, sftp, sshfs are all fine options

[je_fro]

scp file.txt user@remotehost: