networking ?

[Dennis]

thanks everyone..  this is going to keep me busy for a while.  the
terminology is overwhelming.  I have a feeling I'll be asking more
questions later on.
thanks again - Dennis

On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 03:44 -0400, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Karl Auer wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 03:19 -0400, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> >> []sshfs is] also an option, assuming you don't need to fine-grain which files
> >> are accessible, and performance isn't a huge issue.
> > 
> > Fine grain?
> 
> You can't configure which files are accessible.  You're just relying on
> ordinary unix permissions.
> 
> > Access is permitted only to those files and directories that
> > your user would have access to via ssh anyway.
> 
> Right.  This is what I meant by it not being fine-grained.  If, for
> instance, he wanted to share just a few folders in his desktop home
> directory (e.g. a music collection, etc.) with /any/ user (including
> untrusted guests) of the laptop, sshfs would be a poor choice.
> 
> Matt Flaschen
>