Re: gnome-user-share

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 20:26 +0100, Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote:
> Qui, 2004-09-09 às 15:55 +0200, Alexander Larsson escreveu:
> > I just released the first tarball of gnome-user-share, as described in
> > my blog at http://www.advogato.org/person/alex/diary.html?start=10.
> > 
> > Just install it, run the app and enable it in gconf
> > at /desktop/gnome/file_sharing/enabled and the shares should appear in
> > nautilus.
> > 
> > Of course, it needs a UI to enable/disable, some integration with gnome-
> > session and maybe a UI to manage the .htaccess file, but it at least
> > works.
> 
>   I think this is a small revolution! ;-)
> 
>   It would be useful to optionally add ssl and some form of
> authentication, I think.
>
>   The Public folder is completely unproteced, isn't it?  It even allows
> sharing accross a WAN.  I think passwordless access is ok as long as we
> restrict it to the subnets of locally attached interfaces.  Either that
> or change the TTL of outgoing packets to 1. ;-)

There really should be an easy way to set the password in the UI.

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