[PLUG] exchanging files on LAN

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 19 Jul 2019, King Beowulf wrote:

> I only use ssh and associated tools with keys when remoting in from the
> outside. On my internal LAN, I find NFS simpler and more versatile. One
> box exports several directories via NFS, users/no root. The other boxes
> then just mount those as users and its all drag/drop.

Ed,

Many years ago I used NFS to access applications and data files on a
separate host. Now I want to fully configure and mirror the old
server/workstation on the new box. I also need to set up dirvish on the new
host and switch the two host names so postfix works on the replacement. Then
the old host is retired.

> For the local LAN I created ssh key pairs without a passphrase, with all
> hosts having a set in $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys and as theses never go
> "outside" no passphrase is not an issue.

I have the laptops and desktop talking with each other. It was the loss of
ssh-agent after the reboots that was the issue.

Regards,

Rich