Easy Cross Platform File Sharing With KPF
June 23, 2007 — nosrednaekimFor those Linux users who have multiple networked computers and who want to periodically want to get material off of their linux boxes onto their windows computer, many people suggest samba. A much simpler application for someone who does not want to tranfer files the other direction (Windows->Linux) is KPF. It comes with KDE by default, and is very easy to set up. The only thing you might want to be careful about is that there is no password or login: all files are shared with anyone who can access your computer over the network. KPF also works between two Linux computers of course, and Macs as well.
I did this on Kubuntu, but all KDE distros should work the same way.To start a KPF server, right click in konqueror on the folder that you want to share. Select “properties” and then “sharing.” Check the box that says “share this folder.” Heed its warnings about sensitive files If you are behind a firewall, it is highly unlikely that anyone is going to be able to see the folder, but be careful anyway. If you are only sharing this folder, you can leave the port # as its default. If you already have one folder being shared, this number needs to be changed to another value (i.e. 8002). Put the name of your computer in the server field (it really can be any word). If you need KPF to follow all symbolic links within that folder and share them as well, then you can select that. If you don’t know what symbolic links are, you probably don’t need to select that. Press “ok”and it will start an applet on your panel (unfortunately not in the system tray).
Right click on this applet and you will be able to stop the server, edit the properties (port number, bandwidth limit and such) and start a new server. In addition, the applet shows when the filer server is being accessed.
To access the file server type the server name into any web browser followed by the port number (i.e. geebee:8001). You will be presented with a ftp-style file browser from which you can select files to download (or view, although you can’t save remotely).
Eye candy effects courtesy of Beryl with a modified version of “Vista-Black” from KDE-look
June 25, 2007 at 12:37 am
I’ve been wondering how to do this easily. Do you know of a similar tool for GNOME?
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April 3, 2008 at 10:26 am
I cann’t get any access to the server. what do i have to type in the browser? only the servername and port might be not enough..
April 3, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Tobi, did you use the server name,or the IP of the server? sometimes the IP works better.