How to browse, execute, copy/paste files on a remote system

ivo.smulders · External Since: Jul 13, 2007 Posts: 1

Hi all,

Some facts:

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Server Name: earth
Server OS: Red Hat ES 4
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Desktop Name: jupiter
Desktop OS: Fedora 7
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Notebook Name: NLDBO
Notebook OS: WinXp Sp2
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I have just thrown out my WinXp and installed Fedora 7 on my Desktop
PC.
Also I have a little 'home server' which runs 'Red Hat ES 4' and all
our files (of the family) are on here.

I used to connect to the server with WinXP, via Samba, which always
worked fine.

Now I want to connect to the server using my Fedora system. I would
like to: browse directories, copy/paste files, execute (word)
documents and play music/movies from the remote system.

I can access the files on the server via the: 'File Browser' -> 'Go
Network' from my Desktop.
But this process takes almost 10 min. before the File Browser found
the directories.

Isn't there a way that I can make this faster, that I can sort of let
my Desktop system remember what the path to the server is, instead of
searching everytime?

I read on the internet that there are a few options, samba-share, ftp,
scp, mount-point, and all have their pros & cons, which makes it
difficult for me to decide what is the best option now.

Can you tell me what is the fastest, most stable and USER-FRIENDLY way
to setup this permanently?
And also how to set it up, since I am still a beginner with Linux.

Remember the samba-shares are working fine and need stay working also
fine, since other members of the family still use WinXP (for now).

Regards,
Stoeptegeltje

Geoffrey Clements · External Since: Apr 06, 2004 Posts: 221

<ivo.smulders DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184317726.432077.193010@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Some facts:
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Server Name: earth
> Server OS: Red Hat ES 4
> --
> Desktop Name: jupiter
> Desktop OS: Fedora 7
> --
> Notebook Name: NLDBO
> Notebook OS: WinXp Sp2
> -------------------------------------------
>
> I have just thrown out my WinXp and installed Fedora 7 on my Desktop
> PC.
> Also I have a little 'home server' which runs 'Red Hat ES 4' and all
> our files (of the family) are on here.
>
> I used to connect to the server with WinXP, via Samba, which always
> worked fine.
>
> Now I want to connect to the server using my Fedora system. I would
> like to: browse directories, copy/paste files, execute (word)
> documents and play music/movies from the remote system.
>
> I can access the files on the server via the: 'File Browser' -> 'Go
> Network' from my Desktop.
> But this process takes almost 10 min. before the File Browser found
> the directories.
>
> Isn't there a way that I can make this faster, that I can sort of let
> my Desktop system remember what the path to the server is, instead of
> searching everytime?
>
> I read on the internet that there are a few options, samba-share, ftp,
> scp, mount-point, and all have their pros & cons, which makes it
> difficult for me to decide what is the best option now.
>
> Can you tell me what is the fastest, most stable and USER-FRIENDLY way
> to setup this permanently?
> And also how to set it up, since I am still a beginner with Linux.
>
> Remember the samba-shares are working fine and need stay working also
> fine, since other members of the family still use WinXP (for now).
>

Sounds like NFS might be what you're after:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-nfs.html

Also look for ssh and the fish protocol.

--
Geoff

Jamin Davis · External Since: Jul 17, 2007 Posts: 4

Friday 13 Jul 2007 10:08 ivo.smulders DeleteThis @gmail.com < ivo.smulders DeleteThis @gmail.com>
wrote:

> I can access the files on the server via the: 'File Browser' -> 'Go
> Network' from my Desktop.
> But this process takes almost 10 min. before the File Browser found
> the directories.
> Isn't there a way that I can make this faster, that I can sort of let
> my Desktop system remember what the path to the server is, instead of
> searching everytime?

I don't know whether you're using KDE or Gnome desktop -- in Konqueror you
could access the SMB shares using smb://earth or in Nautilus I guess its
similar - the delay is probably your samba client searching for servers
with broadcast. You'll probably want to edit /etc/hosts and add

earth ip.address

unless you've already set up DNS?

You might want to look at installing SSH server (openssh-server) on your
RHEL 4 box and once you've got public key logins working the fish://
protocol will let you access the remote filesystem.

--
Jamin @ Home: Chester UK -<jamin DeleteThis @ghost.merseine.nu>