© David Both 2020
D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 3https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5485-1_13

13. File Sharing

David Both1 
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter, you will learn

  • To describe file sharing and some of its uses

  • To define NFS, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, VSFTP, and SAMBA

  • How to install and configure an SFTPS

  • How to install and configure an NFS server to share files to Linux and Unix hosts

  • How to install and configure a SAMBA server to share files to Windows and Linux hosts

  • To use Midnight Commander as a multi-protocol file sharing client

Introduction

Sharing files has always been one of the main features of networks. Although networks today can do so much more, file sharing1 is still a staple of many networks. The idea is to make ...

Get Using and Administering Linux: Volume 3: Zero to SysAdmin: Network Services now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.

Start your free trial