From: TerryP <tmprx79g@...>
Date: 2007-11-28T15:10:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Accessing a file server with ruby

Just to be the bastard computer nerd from heck,

You do not want to use a regular FTP server for sharing files between
systems
unless security is a very low priority, if FTP like work is needed use SFTP
for
corns sake... Use of FTP in a production environment might not be S.M.A.R.T.


The best solution is a distributed or network aware file system of some
sort,
such as SMB, NFS, or AFS, e.t.c. SMB leaves a fair bit to be desired IMHO
and
NFS is not secure, the Andrew File System (AFS) I have no experience with.

either way that means a client and server on both systems.

Windows has built in support for SMB (client/server) and a built in FTP
client
probably stolen from old BSD code going by the looks of it.

Most GNU/Linux, *BSD, and Unix systems have support (client and server) for
SMB,
NFS, FTP, and occasionally AFS included.


-- 
Boy, I sure wish that I could be in the
'Advanced Systems Development' group!