On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 19:41 -0700, Jesse Keating wrote: > On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 13:26 -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > > All you do is drop files you want accessible publicly into your ~/Public > > folder, and everyone else on the local area network can see them when > > you go to "Computer->Network". No need to know about IP addresses, ssh, > > servers, etc. Now if you're not on the same local network it won't > > work, but if you are it can replace ssh/sftp/ftp in a much much better > > way. > > Sigh...I'm amazed that people react so violently to something I think is so obviously useful. I'll answer your email in reverse order: > I strongly object this EVER making it into core without some > administrative method of restricting access or the ability to 'turn it > off'. I believe startup is keyed off a GConf preference. When we integrate it into the upcoming GNOME session services framework the GConf-keying should happen automatically. > Heck, I'd rather not see it there period. User workstations are > not for sharing files. A file server is designed and useful for that. > The sysadmin in my shudders w/ terror. Right, so next time I go to a coffee shop with a friend and want to share files, we'll just haul along my enterprise file server... Seriously, even at work at Red Hat's Westford office where we do have a file server it's been really useful. I don't use the file server because the normal usage requires I have a NFS home directory, and NFS sucks with laptops. I want to be able to unplug my laptop and go. It's significantly easier for me to drag and drop a patch into my ~/Public directory and tell my coworkers to find it on "Computer->Network->walters' Files" than it is to scp it to the file server, and have them (likely) scp it off. I might also note it's also more efficient in terms of network usage. On to your technical questions: > Er, what protocol does this use to share? HTTP; it runs Apache as your user. > What authentication methods > are there? None, the idea is the files are public. > What ports does it use? It's dynamically bound and announced via Rendezvous. > Why would there suddenly be a > publicly viewable folder WITHIN MY HOME DIR?! Isn't that what many installations of Apache have done for years with ~/public_html off your file server? -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
