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<article id="index" lang="en">
<articleinfo>
<title>Personal File Sharing Manual</title>
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<holder>Red Hat, Inc.</holder>
</copyright>
<xi:include href="legal.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<authorgroup>
<author role="maintainer">
<firstname>Matthias</firstname>
<surname>Clasen</surname>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<!-- According to GNU FDL, revision history is mandatory if you are -->
<!-- modifying/reusing someone else's document. If not, you can omit it. -->
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<revision>
<revnumber>1.0</revnumber>
<date>2009</date>
<revdescription>
<para role="author">Matthias Clasen <email>mclasen@redhat.com</email></para>
</revdescription>
</revision>
</revhistory>
<releaseinfo>This manual describes version &appversion; of &app;.</releaseinfo>
<legalnotice>
<title>Feedback</title>
<para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &app; application or this manual, follow the directions in the <ulink url="help:mate-user-guide/feedback" type="help">MATE Feedback Page</ulink>.</para>
</legalnotice>
<abstract role="description">
<para>&app; is a session service that enables easy sharing of files
between several computers.</para>
</abstract>
</articleinfo>
<indexterm><primary>mate-user-share</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>file sharing</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>sharing</primary></indexterm>
<sect1 id="mate-user-share-intro">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
&app; is a session service that exports the contents of the <filename>Public</filename> folder in your home directory, so that they can easily be accessed from other computers on the same local network. On the other computers, the shared folder will appear with a name like '<replaceable>user</replaceable>'s shared files' in the <application>caja</application> Network window, where <replaceable>user</replaceable> will be replaced by your user name.
</para>
<para>
&app; uses a WebDAV server to share the <filename>Public</filename> folder, and advertises the share on the local network using mDNS.
</para>
<para>
Additionally, &app; can make the shared files available via ObexFTP over Bluetooth, and receive files that are sent to your computer via Bluetooth via ObexPush.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="mate-user-share-getting-started">
<title>Getting started</title>
<sect2 id="mate-user-share-start">
<title>Starting &app;</title>
<para>
The &app; service is normally started by <application>mate-session</application> when you log in. You can change this by opening <menuchoice><guimenu>Preferences</guimenu><guimenu>Startup Applications</guimenu></menuchoice> in the <guimenu>System</guimenu> menu, and modifying the 'User Sharing' entry in the list of startup programs.
</para>
<para>
To configure various aspects of file sharing, use the File Sharing Preferences, which can be found in the <guimenu>System</guimenu> menu under
<menuchoice><guimenu>Preferences</guimenu><guimenu>Personal File Sharing</guimenu></menuchoice>.
</para>
<figure id="file-sharing-preferences">
<title>File Sharing Preferences</title>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/file-sharing-preferences.png" format="PNG"/>
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</screenshot>
</figure>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="mate-user-share-enabling-sharing">
<title>Enabling file sharing over the network</title>
<para>
Open the File Sharing Preferences using
<menuchoice><guimenu>Preferences</guimenu><guimenu>Personal File Sharing</guimenu></menuchoice> in the <guimenu>System</guimenu> menu.
</para>
<figure id="sharing-over-the-network">
<title>Share Files over the Network</title>
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<para>
To enable file sharing via WebDAV, use the <guilabel>Share public files on network</guilabel> checkbox. When file sharing it enabled, the controls for password protection allow to set a password that needs to be specified before a user on another computer is granted access to the shared files.
<note><para>Some firewall configurations on the local machine might cause problems with the advertisment, as well as the access to the shared files. Consult your system administrator for more details.</para></note>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Select <guilabel>Never</guilabel> to allow everybody to
freely read or write files in the shared folder.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Select <guilabel>Always</guilabel> to require the password
to read or write files in the shared folder.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Select <guilabel>When writing files</guilabel> to allow everybody
to freely read files in the shared folder, but require the
password when writing files.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<note><para>When you set a password, you have to give the password to all users that you want to have access to the shared files. Therefore, you should use a password that is different from other passwords you use.</para></note>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="mate-user-share-enabling-bluetooth">
<title>Enabling file sharing over Bluetooth</title>
<para>
Open the File Sharing Preferences using
<menuchoice><guimenu>Preferences</guimenu><guimenu>Personal File Sharing</guimenu></menuchoice> in the <guimenu>System</guimenu> menu.
</para>
<figure id="sharing-over-bluetooth">
<title>Share Files over Bluetooth</title>
<screenshot>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/sharing-over-bluetooth.png" format="PNG"/>
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</figure>
<para>
To enable file sharing via Bluetooth, use the <guilabel>Share public files over Bluetooth</guilabel> checkbox.
To allow remote Bluetooth devices to delete files in your shared folder, use the <guilabel>Allow remote devices to delete files</guilabel> checkbox.
To allow remote Bluetooth devices to access your shared files even when they are not bonded with your computer, use the <guilabel>Require remote devices to pair with this computer</guilabel> checkbox.
<note><para>When you allow unbonded remote devices to access your shared files, anybody with a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone in the vicinity of your computer can access and perhaps even modify your shared files.
</para></note>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="mate-user-share-bluetooth-receiving">
<title>Receiving Files over Bluetooth</title>
<para>
Open the File Sharing Preferences using
<menuchoice><guimenu>Preferences</guimenu><guimenu>Personal File Sharing</guimenu></menuchoice> in the <guimenu>System</guimenu> menu.
</para>
<figure id="receiving-over-bluetooth">
<title>Receive Files over Bluetooth</title>
<screenshot>
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<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/receiving-over-bluetooth.png" format="PNG"/>
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</figure>
<para>
To let remote Bluetooth devices send files to your computer, use the <guilabel>Receive files in Downloads folder over Bluetooth</guilabel> checkbox. Received files will be stored in the <filename>Downloads</filename> folder in your home directory. When receiving files is enabled, the <guilabel>Accept files</guilabel> selection allows you to determine which remote devices are allowed to send files.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Select <guilabel>Always</guilabel> to allow any remote device to send files.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Select <guilabel>Only for Bonded devices</guilabel> to accept files only from bonded devices.
<note><para>Bonded devices are the ones that were connected to your computer, and had to enter a PIN code to connect to or from.</para></note>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Select <guilabel>Only for Bonded and Trusted devices</guilabel> to accept files only from bonded devices.
<note><para>Devices can be marked as trusted in the <application>bluetooth-properties</application>'s <guilabel>Known devices</guilabel> section.</para></note>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
Use the <guilabel>Notify about received files</guilabel> checkbox to select whether you want to be notified whenever a file is received via Bluetooth.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</article>
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