Magikx21 Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 I was wondering if there is a way to get around how mandrake only lets you share folders in your home directory. I am using LE 2005 and I want to be able to share my web server folder (/var/www/html) so that I can edit my site from another computer. If anyone can give me some help I would appreciate it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aioshin Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 (edited) you can share it via samba if you plan to access it from a windows or linux box, or you can share it via nfs and access/mount it in you linux box. . for samba, check this thread https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=16737 that's under FAQ or try to browse the FAQ for more . another way, you can access it from remote pc if you enable ssh-server on that Box, then edit files via command line. If from windows, you can install putty then ssh to that host, if from linux, you can ssh on it from your linux console or you can open your konqueror and just type "sftp://ip-of-that-host" (w/out quotes) and it'll prompt for a username and password to access it Edited February 14, 2006 by aioshin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 If the machine is at a remote site ssh would seriously be my first option for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magikx21 Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 I already have Samba setup, and a folder shared. However whenever I try to share something that is not in my home directory the share tab says I can only share files and folders that are in my home folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aioshin Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 if you want to share folder that are not inside your directory, try to do it as root. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddmcse Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 look into webdav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magikx21 Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 if you want to share folder that are not inside your directory, try to do it as root. Tried, got same message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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