From 6aa392e1314567b23ab733fc5e8cf8332a344452 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Sl=C3=A1vek=20Banko?= Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 19:52:37 +0100 Subject: Move the khelpcenter guides to the directory level in which they are installed. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Slávek Banko (cherry picked from commit 1b6c123de102f0152d296fba8771d348329ba95c) --- doc/khelpcenter/userguide/file-sharing.docbook | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 91 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/khelpcenter/userguide/file-sharing.docbook (limited to 'doc/khelpcenter/userguide/file-sharing.docbook') diff --git a/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/file-sharing.docbook b/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/file-sharing.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1ab5c4f61 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/file-sharing.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ + + + + + +&Lauri.Watts; + + + + + +File Sharing + +How to share files with &kpf; + +File sharing +Shared Folders + +&kpf; provides simple file sharing using &HTTP; (the Hyper Text +Transfer Protocol,) which is the same protocol used by web sites to provide +data to your web browser. &kpf; is strictly a public fileserver, which means +that there are no access restrictions to shared files: whatever you select +for sharing is available to anyone. + +&kpf; is designed to be used for sharing files with friends, not to +act like a fully-fledged web server such as +Apache. &kpf; was primarily conceived as an easy +way to share files with others while chatting on IRC +(Internet Relay Chat, or chat rooms.) + +&kpf; runs as an applet inside &kicker;. This means that it takes up +little space on your screen and its status is always visible. To start the +&kpf; applet, right click on &kicker; and choose +Add Applet to Panel... to open the Add +Applet dialog. Select Public File Server and +click the Add to Panel button. + +&kpf; employs the concept of shared folders. You may choose one or +more folders to make public, and all files in that folder (and any +subfolders) will be shared. + +Please be extremely careful about which folders you share. Remember +that all files in the folder and its subfolders, including +hidden files (dotfiles to the techies) will be +made available to the world, so be careful not to share sensitive +information, such as passwords, cryptographic keys, your addressbook, +documents private to your organization, &etc;. + +Once &kpf; is running, you will see a square applet with a thin sunken +bevel and an icon depicting an hot air balloon. The +balloon is visible when no folders are being shared. + +To share a folder, right click on the +balloon icon and a pop-up menu will appear, containing only one item, +New Server.... Selecting this entry will cause a +wizard to appear, which will ask you a few simple +questions. Completing the questions will set up a folder for sharing. + +There is an alternative to using the applet directly when you want to +share a folder. &kpf; is integrated with &konqueror;. + +With &konqueror; open and displaying a folder, +right click on the background and bring up the +Properties dialog. On install, &kpf; added a +Sharing tab to this dialog. You will be offered the +option of starting &kpf; if it is not running. Choosing +Ok will send a signal to the &kpf; applet, asking it +to add a new share. + +For more detailed information, such as how to share different +directories to different people, see the &kpf; handbook. + + + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.1