On Tuesday 25 June 2002 20.16, David Robertson wrote:
I would just like to be able to access my home directory on one machine from the other - mainly for backing up and file-sharing purposes. I'm afraid I don't know what services to configure and whether I need to edit certain files, such as /etc/hosts
Not by default you shouldn't have to. There are two major ways of sharing directories: nfs and samba. nfs is easiest to set up, samba can be used with windows computers too. With nfs, make sure you have the package nfs-utils installed, edit the file /etc/exports and insert a line like /home 192.168.7.0/24(rw,no_root_squash) save, then run "rcportmap start" and "rcnfsserver start". On the other machine, run "rcportmap start", then create a directory somewhere, say /mnt/home for instance, then run mount -t nfs ip.of.the.other.machine:/home /mnt/home That will give you access to the exported home directory under /mnt/home. //Anders -- `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'