[Chester LUG] Sharing a drive

Michael Crilly e-mail at mcrilly.co.uk
Sat May 31 17:45:15 UTC 2008


Webmin is nice, just like CPanel is nice but not to sound anti-webmin - what
do you learn from using it? It does everything for you :)

It certainly will do the job though.

On 5/31/08, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think this was mentioned for another question recently, but again
> webmin is your friend! If you use that youu can easily set up NFS
> shares that could be mounted on the other box.  Webmin also supports
> all the other main protocols so it would be good for which ever one
> you go for.
>
> Les
>
>
> On 5/31/08, Paul Williams <wilp4a at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like a job for....  da dum dah!!!  Network Man!
> >
> > Seriously though, sounds both easy and tricky at the same time.  Firstly,
> I
> > understood every word you said!  But I have no Idea how to do it!
> >
> > Anyone?
> >
> > Ta
> >
> > Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 16:17:18 +0100
> > From: e-mail at mcrilly.co.uk
> > To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] Sharing a drive
> >
> > Sounds like a job for a NAS setup - Network Attached Storage. You'd have
> to
> > configure a NAS deamon on the machine the USB drive is plugged into and
> then
> > have that NAS mount/offer the USB drive as a networkable mount point - or
> > something to this effect. I've never done it my self but I have read it
> is
> > possible.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/31/08, Paul Williams <wilp4a at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Hi again.  I have hooked up a PC to my broadband connection via a wired
> > connection.  It is attached to the same router as my PC downstairs.  Both
> > systems use Ubuntu 8.04.  The one downstairs has an external hd connected
> > via USB.  Can I share it so it can be easily be accessed upstairs?  If
> so,
> > how?
> >
> >
> > Ta
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
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