CHAPTER 13

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File Sharing: NFS, FTP, and Samba

On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, different solutions for file sharing are available. In this chapter you’ll learn how to configure the most significant of these services. You’ll learn how to share files with other Linux users using NFS, with anonymous Internet users using FTP and how to create a file server that can be used by Windows clients using Samba.

This chapter covers the following:

  • Setting up NFS
  • Using FTP for File Sharing
  • Sharing Files with Samba
  • Configuring Automount

Introducing the File Sharing Protocols

On Linux, there are different protocols available for file sharing. This can make it ...

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