Sharing directories with remote users
You can share directories and files with other Linux and Microsoft Windows computers. Corel LINUX uses Samba software to offer file sharing and printing services to Microsoft Windows clients. You can make directories and files located in your home directory available to users in your workgroup on the network. You can specify whether the directory is shared and the number of users allowed to access the directory. You can give other users full access, no access, or read access to the directory. A shared local directory or file displays a folder icon held by a small hand.
You can mount a network file system that lets you access a directory on a remote file system (someone else's computer) from your home directory. This is called a network share. A mounted network share appears as a directory on your local file system. For example, you can mount a directory located on a Microsoft Windows computer onto your desktop, so that you can access the Microsoft Windows directory without navigating the Microsoft Windows network. You can perform the same actions on Microsoft Windows folders and files that are mounted on your home directory as on your Linux directories and files.
You must configure the Samba on your Corel LINUX computer so you can share directories with Microsoft Windows systems. For information about configuring Samba on your computer, see "Connecting to Microsoft Windows computers" and "Setting up file and print servers for Windows clients" in the Corel LINUX Server Administrator Guide.
You can share files from your home directory and set access permissions for users accessing your shared files whether you are logged in as a regular user or root user. For information about setting access permissions, see "Setting permissions and ownerships" on page . For information about logging in as a root user, see "Using the root account."
V-Drive
You can access files located on the Corel V-Drive server using the V-Drive directory in Corel File Manager. V-Drive is a server located at http://www.corelcity.com that allows users to place files on a secure, encrypted Website, accessible from any terminal with Internet access. For example you can use V-Drive for the following purposes:
You can upload files to V-Drive Web space from your office computer terminal, then download them to your home computer.
You can upload files you need while you are traveling to V-Drive Web space, then access them from any system with a Web browser and Internet access.
You can use V-Drive Web space as swap space for data if your system has limited partition space.
You can save files on V-Drive Web space that are too large to store on floppy disk, or if larger storage peripherals such as disk drives are not available.
When you install Corel LINUX, an icon is placed on the desktop that takes you to the V-Drive Website. There you can set up a V-Drive account. Corel LINUX comes with the drivers needed to mount your V-Drive space onto your local file system. When you activate the driver, a V-Drive directory appears in the directory list of Corel File Manager, giving you direct access to your V-Drive space from Corel File Manager. You can easily manage files between your V-Drive space and your local directories. For information about getting a V-Drive account, visit http://corelcity.com/services/vdrive/default.asp.