Depending on the exact hardware model you receive, your NetWinder includes several gigabytes (GB or billions of bytes) of available disk space, which you can use for documents, web pages or other kinds of files. There are five services to get files onto your NetWinder:
FTP. The internet file transfer protocol is a simple method of copying files from one computer to another. To use this, you will need an FTP client program. You also need to enable the FTP server as described in the section FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Server of the chapter Configuring Network Services.
E-mail. If you enable your NetWinder's e-mail server, as described in the section SMTP (E-mail Delivery) Server of the chapter Configuring Network Services, you can use some of your disk space to store your users' e-mail.
Windows file sharing. If you enable the Windows File Sharing service as described in the Configuring Network Services chapter, your NetWinder will allow you to drag and drop files using Windows 95/98/NT's Network Neighborhood. Below, we will explain how to publish folders in the Network Neighborhood.
Macintosh file sharing. If you enable the Apple File Sharing service, your NetWinder will allow you to drag and drop files from the Mac Finder. Below, we will explain how to publish folders that can be seen from a Macintosh.
Unix file sharing. If you have Unix or Linux computers, they can access the NetWinder's files using the NFS (Network File System) protocol. Below, we will explain how to publish files that can be seen from a Unix system.
If you click on Share manager from the Network administration screen, you will see a page that looks like this:
This lists the directories that are being shared with Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX computers, respectively.
If you click the word Edit next to a share, or click on the words Add a new share, you will see a page like this:
The options available are as follows:
Share name. This is the name of the shared directory as it will appear in Windows Network Neighborhood or Mac Finder. When exporting only to UNIX this name is not required.
Path to share. This is the NetWinder directory from which you wish to export. Typical names are /usr/doc or /home/ffiddle.
Export to Windows? If you say Yes here, the directory will show up in the Windows Network Neighborhood.
Export to Macintosh? If you say Yes here, the directory will show up in the Mac Finder, under the Apple menu in Chooser when AppleTalk is selected.
Export to Unix? If you say Yes here, the directory will be available to Unix hosts.
Access control. If you say Everyone, all computers on your network will be allowed to access the files; in that case, you should be careful to configure your Firewall Settings so that people outside your network cannot access your server. If you specify Only the listed groups, then only the user groups you specify will be allowed to access the server. See the section called Groups for details about creating user groups.
Additional NFS options. This line is for tweaking NFS options, for those administrators familiar with NFS. Common options are no_root_squash, ro (read-only), and rw (read-write).
When you have finished entering the information, click the Save button to create or finish modifying the share.