[PLUG] [Retitled for clarity] File sharing over a two node LAN

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> On 08/12/2019 08:28 AM, Bill Barry wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 7:57 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 08/11/2019 10:04 AM, Nat Taylor wrote:
> >>> so, you don't want to use the "ip" command to set your network addresses
> >>> then use scp to copy files between the machines?
> >>
> >> Browsing the man page for scp suggests it is massive overkill for a
> >> 2-node LAN of "trusted" machines. [The WiFi may be vulnerable, but the
> >> two laptops have only a minimal Debian installation and have _*NOTHING*_
> >> on them that did not come from the installation DVD ;]
> > 
> > You could use ftp
> > https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-ftp-server-on-debian-9-stretch-linux
> > but I don't think it is much easier to configure than ssh/scp.
> 
> It's not a complexity issue so much as suitable topology.
> A 2-node LAN has to be as close as possible to a peer2peer network.
> I keep being referred to tools suitable for a client/server model 
> capable of handling a massive multiplicity of nodes.
> 
> I've been a computer *consumer* since ~1961. Became much more involved 
> with system details when introduced to Debian 6.

Simply nfs share the systems disks with each other in a softmount
situation (need softmounts/backgroundmounts to prevent deadly embrace
during boot(s))

You may even want to -maproot=root.

man exports
and anything in that man pages SEE ALSO section.
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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org