connecting two linux pc

[iftikhar]

we have two linux workstation.we want to connect two pc as we connect in windows by workgroup.how we shall connect two linux boxes for data copy

[bobescalin2005]

You can go to /etc/smb.conf and edit the workgroup from there from both computers for example:

workgroup = HOME

and you can use the smb4k utility to access the machine! I hope it works....
Cheers!

[bigtomrodney]

Other alternatives are to share using NFS or if you just want to copy the odd file you can map a drive over ssh which will mean that the network link will be encrypted. However mapping with ssh will have a performace hit when moving a lot of files.

[bobescalin2005]

copy the odd file you can map a drive over ssh which will mean that the network link will be encrypted

I didn`t know that! And how can i do this more precisely? Thanks!
Cheers!

[bigtomrodney]

If you have ssh running on the distro you can use sshfs...Here's a howto for Ubuntu but the basics should be the same for most distros.

How to mount a remote ssh filesystem using sshfs « Ubuntu Blog

Alternatively as I mentioned in Gnome there is a utility to 'Connect to a Server...', usually on the Places menu. Just specifiy ssh as the connection type and enter the IP address, username etc. It will be mounted to the desktop. I'm sure there is an equivalent in KDE but I haven't used it before. It's pretty slick though as I mentioned there is a performance overhead so it depends how much you are transferring.

Personally I've streamed video and audio over sshfs without difficulty or any lag, and that was over wifi