help with file sharing

agentblue · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:18 am Post subject: help with file sharing

hello all,
I am going to need to share files between my laptop and desktop,i am wondering what is the easiest way?

agentblue · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:20 am Post subject: sorry here is more info

they are both running gentoo,and i could use samba i know but im wondering if there is a simplier way as all i need to do is transfer data back and forth.

gnuageux · Veteran Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 1201

If theyre both unix boxes its probably better to use NFS mounts if youll be doing a fair amount of sharing. If not, scp.
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