On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 06:19:37PM +0000, Oleg Verych <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 02-08-2007, Mike Hommey: > > On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 10:01:22AM +0200, Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> PS: I'm very fond of the apache (to be removed) Recommends. really. > >> especially on a notebook, it helps understanding how broken the > >> recommends chain is right now. > > > > I don't know for your case, but there are packages in debian that can use > > apache as a file sharing backend. And it's particularly useful on laptops. > > _file_ sharing; another web-like crap? > > The FTP, despite of not being able to follow symlinks, what is the > problem? That is easily solved by making /home/ftp a symlink to your > big-file storage. > > I use pure-ftp for sharing. mc, any-web-browser or lftp are OK as > clients.
Look at gnome-user-share. It uses webdav access and enables the user to share any directory from nautilus. It is actually convenient for novice users. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]