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<sect1 id="file-sharing">
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<sect1info>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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&Lauri.Watts;
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</sect1info>
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<title>File Sharing</title>
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<sect2 id="file-sharing-kpf">
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<title>How to share files with &kpf;</title>
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<indexterm><primary>File sharing</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>Shared Folders</primary></indexterm>
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<para>&kpf; provides simple file sharing using &HTTP; (the Hyper Text
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Transfer Protocol,) which is the same protocol used by web sites to provide
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data to your web browser. &kpf; is strictly a public fileserver, which means
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that there are no access restrictions to shared files: whatever you select
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for sharing is available to anyone.</para>
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<para>&kpf; is designed to be used for sharing files with friends, not to
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act like a fully-fledged web server such as
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<application>Apache</application>. &kpf; was primarily conceived as an easy
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way to share files with others while chatting on <acronym>IRC</acronym>
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(Internet Relay Chat, or <quote>chat rooms</quote>.)</para>
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<para>&kpf; runs as an applet inside &kicker;. This means that it takes up
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little space on your screen and its status is always visible. To start the
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&kpf; applet, <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on &kicker; and choose
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<guimenu>Add Applet to Panel...</guimenu> to open the <guilabel>Add
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Applet</guilabel> dialog. Select <guilabel>Public File Server</guilabel> and
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click the <guibutton>Add to Panel</guibutton> button.</para>
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<para>&kpf; employs the concept of shared folders. You may choose one or
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more folders to make public, and all files in that folder (and any
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subfolders) will be shared.</para>
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<note><para>Please be extremely careful about which folders you share. Remember
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that all files in the folder and its subfolders, including
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<quote>hidden</quote> files (<quote>dotfiles</quote> to the techies) will be
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made available to the world, so be careful not to share sensitive
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information, such as passwords, cryptographic keys, your addressbook,
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documents private to your organization, &etc;.</para></note>
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<para>Once &kpf; is running, you will see a square applet with a thin sunken
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bevel and an icon depicting an <guiicon>hot air balloon</guiicon>. The
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balloon is visible when no folders are being shared.</para>
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<para>To share a folder, <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the
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balloon icon and a pop-up menu will appear, containing only one item,
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<guimenuitem>New Server...</guimenuitem>. Selecting this entry will cause a
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<quote>wizard</quote> to appear, which will ask you a few simple
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questions. Completing the questions will set up a folder for sharing.</para>
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<para>There is an alternative to using the applet directly when you want to
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share a folder. &kpf; is integrated with &konqueror;.</para>
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<para>With &konqueror; open and displaying a folder,
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<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the background and bring up the
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<quote>Properties</quote> dialog. On install, &kpf; added a
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<guilabel>Sharing</guilabel> tab to this dialog. You will be offered the
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option of starting &kpf; if it is not running. Choosing
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<guibutton>Ok</guibutton> will send a signal to the &kpf; applet, asking it
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to add a new share.</para>
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<para>For more detailed information, such as how to share different
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directories to different people, see the <ulink
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url="help:/kpf">&kpf;</ulink> handbook.</para>
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</sect2>
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<!-- <sect2 id="file-sharing-other-strategies">
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<title>Other strategies</title>
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Samba, local cgi? nfs devices
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-->
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<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
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<!-- <itemizedlist>
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<title>Related Information</title>
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<listitem><para>to be written</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>-->
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</sect1>
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