Re: Ubuntu -> RISC OS File Sharing

In message <533abdf050.acdale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Chris Dale <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,
I'm trying to set up file sharing so that I can transfer files from my
newish Linux Ubuntu machine to my Iyonix (RISC OS 5.16) machine over
my local network. I have 'OmniClient' which includes 'LanMan' which
came with the Iyonix, and I have also tried installing 'Sunfish' on
the Iyonix. I think I have probably succeeded in setting up a shared
folder on the Ubuntu machine, but I can't find out how to set up
'LanMan' because there are no instructions with it. Also I have tried
unsuccessfully to set up 'Sunfish' as the client. This could be
because I don't understand the instructions or because it isn't
suitable.

You are in danger of confusing two different forms of file sharing.

Native Unix systems use the NFS protocol, and Sunfish is a RISC OS
client for that.

You can also set up CIFS on Linux/Unix, which is a server for the
microsoft SMB protocol. Lanman and Lanman98 are clients for that.

* NFS - it is easy to set up the Linux end, but a tad fiddly to get
the RISC OS end working.

* SMB/CIFS - it is easy to set up the RISC OS end, but fiddly to set
up the Linux end.

In both cases you will need to get to grips with Unix/Linux users,
which are identified both by name, and a pair of numbers called User
ID and Group ID (UID and GID). NFS uses these numbers to determine
your access.

There is a variation called PCNFS, which allows PC usernames to be
used for access. It is probably easier to handle from RISC OS.

I would be very grateful to know whether I need to get 'LanMan98' or
should it be possible to use 'LanMan' or 'Sunfish' as the client?

I managed to set up 'Samba' as the server to share files from the
Iyonix to the Ubuntu machine, but it won't let me copy files in the
other direction, which I really need.

Thanks


--
Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.nckc.org.uk/
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