configure a home network

[sleandrousa]

How do i configure a home network using suse 10.2? 2 computers running 10.2.

[rong]

There are several ways but Samba is the easiest to set up and use and also works with Windows systems should have a need for that.

You'll find Samba configuration in YAST > Network Services.

You'll need to have both pc's on the same domain (call it whatever you want).
You'll need to setup a samba user and samba passoword on each.
Set up the shares.

If you've ever set up a Windows share the process is very similar.

There are numerous threads here in the forum that you can do a search on if you need step by step.

You can also use SSH(d) if you like working at the command line but I'll assume you don't but if so it's pretty easy to set up.

[JHB]

If you use KDE it is easier to use ssh.

Just type sftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in the Location bar.

You can also set up shared keys, then you don't have to type in the password every time

ssh-keygen -t dsa
and then copy content of the id_dsa.pub file in ~/.ssh/ to the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the destination machine.

Or use kwallet to remember the passwords