"Billy R. Nordyke Sr." wrote:
> Where do I find the commands to view files and other computers on my
> ethernet network? I can ping each of the 3 computers from each
> computer so I think its just my ignorance. I have read the ethernet and
> networking howtos but can't figure it out.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bill
This depends on what the other computers are. If windows is the OS on the
other boxes, Samba is what you want. You can set this up via linuxconf.
There is a lot of good documentation in /usr/doc/samba*. The samba suite
allows a linux box to look like a Windows box to other windows boxes. I
use this at the office for our primary file server. I think it can also be
used to mount windows drives (shares) on the linux box so you can see them
from linux but I have never tried it.
I also use it to share printers.
For Linux to linux you will want to look into nfs (network file system).
This requires you to "export" a file system making it available to other
machines and then mounting it on another llinx box.
Another use of the network is to use a linux box as a firewall. Then all
the machines on the network can use the linux box as a gateway to the
internet thus providing connectivity to all machines or some subset
depending on how you want to configure it.
You can also run a local webserver and use a browser to navigate around
your other boxes to a certain extent. The program to do this is called
apache and is far and away the most popular webserver on the internet.
You can telnet from a machine to your linux box and basically get a command
line session on the linux box from a remote one.
Lots of stuff to play with and each requires a little configuration but I
have learned that the best way is pick something and wade into it.
Give the list some more specifics on what the machines on your network are
and what you want to do and linux can probably do it.
Hope this helps.
Bret
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