shared folder

[Indrajit Bhagat]

how to share file and folder in unix

[Victor Fridyev]

For this purpose you have NFS (network file system), if the folder should be accessible from UNIX machine or Samba server if you need to work with files located on Windows macines.

HTH

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Indrajit:

First, in Unix, we don't use the word "folder". The proper name is "directory". In fact, a simple 'ls -l' listing shows a directory with a "d" and a regular file with a "-".

To "share" a file, you establish it's 'group' or 'world' permissions as readable, executable, and/or writeable.

See the 'chmod(1)' man pages for changing a file or directory's permissions.

To control the 'group' ownership of a file or directory see the man pages for 'chown(1).

To be able to work with files in a directory, the directory must offer execute permissions (in order to be searched).

Too, the ability to remove (delete) a file in a directory is controlled by having write-permission on the directory itself.

You might want read this document:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90164/B2355-90164.pdf

Regards!

...JRF...

[AwadheshPandey]

check nfs and rpc dameon running on ur system. edit the file sytem /etc/exports file which u want to export.
run exportfs -a command to export file system.
to mount the filesystem to another host
use mount -F nfs hostname(or ip):/dev/vgxx/test /test

Cheers,
Awadhesh