File Sharing

gnome-user-share is a small package that binds together various free

software projects to bring easy to use user-level file sharing to the

masses.

The program is meant to run in the background when the user is logged

in, and when file sharing is enabled a webdav server is started that

shares the $HOME/Public folder. The share is then published to all

computers on the local network using mDNS/rendezvous, so that it shows

up in the Network location in Gnome.

The dav server used is apache, so you need that installed. Avahi or

Howl is used for mDNS support, so you need to have that installed and

mDNSResolver running.