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

Richard Owlett rowlett at cloud85.net
Mon Aug 12 18:43:18 UTC 2019


On 08/12/2019 11:51 AM, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
>> 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.
> 

https://manpages.debian.org/buster/nfs-kernel-server/exports.5.en.html
*EXPLICITLY* refers to a *SERVER*

My post declared SERVER/CLIENT  relationships are [expletives deleted ;]





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