Re: [Sheflug] pc->laptop linking

[Andrew Basterfield <nospam [at] lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk>]

Ross wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> i've just got myself another old lap top (for my own use this time) and have
> debian installed on it(without X). what i want to do is link the laptop to
> my main workstation on a regular basis to exchange files. i have a serial
> cable to link the two using pppd so i can telnet in and stuff but what i
> would like to do is to be able to see the file structure of the laptop in a
> graphical file manager (KDE)to make drag and drop file transfers(from the
> workstation). i realise this could be acheived with an ftp server running on
> the laptop or rsync but i wondered if there was a better way of doing this.
> 
> suggestions welcome.
> 
> thanks,
> Ross


I use NFS across a null modem pppd link to get at my laptop from my main 
PC. You need to set up the laptop as an NFS server though. This is 
usually already running on most distros as standard, just edit 
/etc/exports to export the filesystem to the workststion.

# /etc/exports

# directory to export		host to export it to

/ 
			workstation(rw,no_root_squash)

# end /etc/exports

Replace 'workstation' with the hostname of the workstation if the laptop 
knows it or the IP address of the workstation if not.

the 'rw' means export read/write and 'no_root_squash' means allow root 
user on workstation root access on the laptop.

Andrew B.

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