Submitted 5 weeks ago by evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org to selfhosting@slrpnk.net
There is a periodic meeting of linux users in my area where everyone brings laptops and connects to a LAN. Just wondering if I want to share files with them, what are decent options? Is FTP still the best option or has anything more interesting emerged in the past couple decades? Guess I would not want to maintain a webpage so web servers are nixed. It’s mainly so ppl can fetch linux ISO images and perhaps upload what they have as well.
I vote for passing around a dirty, unmarked thumb drive
Is there any reason to not just use samba or NFS?
I think they could do the job. I’ve never admin’d an NFS so I’m figuring there’s a learning curve there. SAMBA, well, maybe. I’ve used it before. I’m leaning toward ProFTPd at the moment but if that gives me any friction I guess I’ll consider SAMBA.
Over WiFi? Pass around physical media.
Nothing ruins a LAN party like someone saturating 90% of the connection to ISOs.
If it’s a dedicated file server, with its own network, then the obvious choice is Samba.
Samba on a Linux user meeting? lol 😅
I mean, yeah?
NFS is great and all, but it’s not compatible with everything out of the box. Generally, samba is compatible with everything. Linux, Windows, Mac, whatever.
Samba is the obvious choice because it’s compatible with everything out of the box.
It’s all fun and games until someone brings a USB 2.0 thumb drive.
The file could transferred over the LAN and the network de-saturated faster the file could be copied off a USB 2 drive.
I haven’t seen a USB 2.0 drive in 15 or so years. So I’d say you’re pretty safe… And even if that were the case, it’s still preferable vs hogging the connection for a single file.
USB transfer only affects you with slow speeds until the transfer is done. Network transfer affects the entire party with slow speeds until the transfer is done.
It’s the obvious choice if you’re having saturation issues, even at 2.0 speeds.
Wonder which distros they passing
The kid in me hopes its Slackware, but the loser in me hopes its Arch. 😂😂😂
Guess I would not want to maintain a webpage so web servers are nixed
You could still use WebDAV. It’s simple and works with most file managers.
I’d go samba
rejetto hfs.
Two possible issues w/that w.r.t my use case:
Nonetheless, I appreciate the suggestion. It could be handy in some situations.
I didn’t understand the point number two. You can set up whatever access you want for the users. If the option you want does not exist - there is a plugin for it, I’m sure.
sFTP. If you have a machine with a ssh server, it has sFTP capabilities.
Indeed i noticed openssh-sftp-server was automatically installed with Debian 12. Guess I’ll look into that first. Might be interesting if ppl could choose between FTP or mounting with SSHFS.
Filezilla is also a popular option
By the life of the party by bringing crossover cable, allowing you run ethernet directly from one laptop to the other for some intimate social networking. Keeps the LAN uncongested for everyone else.
Nice ethernet hardware will detect if you cable is not a crossover cable in this situation and reverse the pin mappings for you.
Fun suggestion… could be useful to have as a side hack if congestion becomes an issue but I doubt it would come to that. They have what seems to be a high-end switch with 20 or so ports and internal fans.
You could try this: github.com/drakkan/sftpgo
But in general for some quick adhoc file upload classic FTP is still not bad.
Chewie@slrpnk.net 6 days ago
This had potential: github.com/adulau/Forban, and i tried it at a hacker festival soon after it was released, but sadly it is rather rudimentary and hasn’t been updated in over a decade, which is a real shame. I did try and contact the developer years ago with some bug reports, but heard nothing 😢