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xlyz
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 Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:37 pm Post subject: which file sistem for my home network? |
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I want to share files/printers/burner among my 3 pc
they are connected through a lan open also to several other peoples, that naturally I want to keep away from my data
possibility to access shared data also from the internet is a plus
windows compatibility is not needed
what shall I use? nfs, samba or what? |
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windex82
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ive been planign on switching all the computers in my house to gentoo, including my freebsd server (last time i tried though i had a hell of a time getting it to compile anything =\ ) Ive planned the whole thing out to use NFS. I just dont feel samba is the right tool for the job, ive always viewed samba as a program to help incorporate linux servers into a windows environment, with out the windows samba isnt needed.
The printers can be used through cups, and the burner might work with NFS, but dont know of a way to make it work in either setup, although if i spent the time to search around im sure someone would have thought of this and put their finding on the internet.
I would do something like goto the machine with the burner, login (since you setup your machines real nice no matter what machine you login to youll have the same home directory right?) and burn the files from your home directory. Or you could copy your files from whichever machine your on to a shared drive on the server then when you got the server you can burn them from the temp directory. |
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jcmorris
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Just say no to Samba. It is somewhat annoying. For printer sharing, I think CUPS allows for network connections so that they can print to your printer. I'm not sure about other filesystems, but NFS for me was somewhat easy to use (although I'm not sure how secure it is). With this you can share files. Now, for sharing your cdburner, I'm not sure what you mean. You can mount it and then share its directory. Good luck!
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hbmartin
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You're talking about charing three seperate thingies (a technical term), so I'm sure you're not expecting an all-in-one solution 
If you aren't worried about Windows, then I'd definately use CUPS for printers.
I haven't used it, but shfs has been talked about quite a bit as a a good replacement for NFS.
As far as CD burning, I'd bet on creating a special user to take of the CD burning and the ssh'ing in as that user.
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xlyz
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| jcmorris wrote: | | I'm not sure about other filesystems, but NFS for me was somewhat easy to use (although I'm not sure how secure it is). |
I was already setting up nfs when searching on google I read some bad comments on security. That's why I asked here 
| Quote: | | Now, for sharing your cdburner, I'm not sure what you mean. You can mount it and then share its directory. Good luck! |
I was meaning something like launch xcdroast or another gui and burn even from a computer different from that where the burner is. Actually I realized that data transfer speed beetween the two pc can be a problem, so I have to give up with the whole idea. |
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fleed
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| Quote: | | I was meaning something like launch xcdroast or another gui and burn even from a computer different from that where the burner is. Actually I realized that data transfer speed beetween the two pc can be a problem, so I have to give up with the whole idea. |
I think the network is fast enouh to cope with cdburning if you have 100mbps ethernet. Sometimes it can even be faster than your hd! |
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xlyz
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| fleed wrote: | | I think the network is fast enouh to cope with cdburning if you have 100mbps ethernet. Sometimes it can even be faster than your hd! |
only 10mbps half duplex here |
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alinv
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| xlyz wrote: | | I was meaning something like launch xcdroast or another gui and burn even from a computer different from that where the burner is. Actually I realized that data transfer speed beetween the two pc can be a problem, so I have to give up with the whole idea. |
Have a look at webCDwriter:
http://JoergHaeger.de/webCDwriter/
It can also deal with your data transfer speed problem, as it can build the iso image on the server before burning it.
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