From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 21 14:20:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3990616A400 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:20:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D47F343D46 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:20:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k3LEKqaF068268; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:20:53 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <4448EA44.4040106@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:20:52 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Zbyslaw References: <20060421030118.GA37948@skytracker.ca> <4448D8B5.9010709@daleco.biz> <4448DBC0.4080106@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <4448DBC0.4080106@dial.pipex.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org, David Banning Subject: Re: question on ftp - drag and drop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:20:56 -0000 Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Kevin Kinsey wrote: [snip] >> Sounds (perhaps) more like a job for Samba than FTP. > > I'd agree with Kevin, but if you do want FTP then maybe try a proper FTP > client rather than IE as they may do what you want. Try maybe FileZilla > or CuteFTP. I've used Filezilla a lot and like it. IE's FTP functions are a [censored] piece of [censored]. (what did you expect? ;). Another solution you might consider is Unison (or some other file system synchronizer), to make everyone's files available on the laptops even when they are not connected to a network. I use the Cygwin command line version on Windows laptops to sync with a FreeBSD central server, but I'm pretty sure there is a Windows GUI version available as well. The great bonus of the CLI way is being able to script it and make it a (mostly) hands off solution. If you go that way, be sure all the Unison versions match on every host (so be careful with portupgrade and friends). -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348