Abstract
This feature enables users to share personal files
with other machines on the same network, which can be quite useful
for co-workers or home users on a network to share files among
heterogeneous systems such as GNU/Linux and Windows.
The first time you run this tool, and provided related packages are not already installed, you will be asked which protocol to use for file sharing. Check one or both of the following:
NFS. If you wish your users to be able to share files with others using UNIX systems (like GNU/Linux);
SMB. If you wish your users to be able to share files with others using Windows systems.
When you have checked the desired box(es), click
, thereby installing the necessary packages.By default, both protocols will be installed. If you do not wish for a protocol to be available, make sure the packages nfs-utils and/or samba-server are not installed.
Three different options are available:
No sharing. Prevents users from sharing data with others.
Allow all users. All users are allowed to share data with others.
Custom. By choosing this option, only users within the fileshare group will be allowed to share data. If you choose this option you will be prompted to run userdrake in order for you to immediately add allowed users to this group (see the section called “UserDrake: Managing Users and Groups on Your System”).
Once a user is allowed to share data, they can select the directories to be shared through their preferred file manager (see the section called “File Sharing”).