DSL Tips and Tricks :: connect 2 dsl pc's

i have 2 dsl machines connected at an ethernet router.
how to communicate and share file from machines 1 to machine 2 and viceversa?

If you are staying current with DSL versions, I find the easiest way to "mount" remote directories is to use sshfs.

Say machine 1 is the "server" and machine 2 is the "client"

On machine one:

Setup password for user root
start ssh either from the control panel or at boot time with boot option ssh

On machine 2:
sudo modprobe fuse or use the boot time option fuse
Then to mount machine1's /tmp directory on machine2 you can do something like this

sudo sshfs root@machine1_ip:/tmp /mnt/test

You will be prompted for root's password on machine1

If successful then on machine2 you can access machine1 /tmp by accessing /mnt/test

Best to google sshfs for all the full details and options available.

I tried that. I needed to be root on machine2 to access machine1 /tmp by accessing /mnt/test. Any idea why?

sudo implies root privileges, so /mnt/test probably then is only accessible with root privileges. You could try changing the permissions on /mnt/test with chmod/chown (not sure how sshfs works).

Use the option -o allow_other

See other options with
sshfs --help

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