connect 2 dsl pc's

Forum: DSL Tips and Tricks
Topic: connect 2 dsl pc's
started by: tuxtux

Posted by tuxtux on Nov. 25 2006,17:53

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

Posted by roberts on Nov. 26 2006,00:18

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.

Posted by Selim on Dec. 08 2006,08:05

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

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Dec. 08 2006,13:24

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).

Posted by roberts on Dec. 08 2006,14:29

Use the option -o allow_other

See other options with
sshfs --help

Posted by jls legalize on Dec. 10 2006,21:48

can I use sshf command without having to type yes and the the password?

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