6.1. Hacks 5662: IntroductionOnce you finally get over the hump of setting up centralized access to various resources in your environment, you won't know how you lived without it. Maintaining resources in a central location for use by the masses saves endless numbers of trips to peoples' offices, and it can save you money because you'll only have to back up a central file server instead of its individual clients. This chapter will delve into various methods of file sharing, each applicable in different circumstances. For web farms, an NFS server can store the web pages, making backups and repurposing a breeze. For end user file access, Samba can provide cross-platform, authenticated file sharing. For web-based collaboration, have a look at WebDAV. |