Re: Proposal: gnome-user-share

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 16:41 +0100, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> I'd like to propose the gnome-user-share module for inclusion into the
> gnome desktop.
> 
> gnome-user-share is a way to easily transport files between users
> on a network. It works by starting a webdav server on a (random) high
> port which is then published using mDNS. The webdav server just
> exports the ~/Public folder. This means it will show up in the network
> location in Nautilus, or in any mDNS browser that looks 
> for webdav servers.

Sounds great but does the shared folder have to be called Public?

Like the Templates folder, its not clear what that folder relates to for
ordinary users. Calling it ~/Shared Files or something should make
things clearer for them.

jamie.