Important Notice: Our web hosting provider recently started charging us for additional visits, which was unexpected. In response, we're seeking donations. Depending on the situation, we may explore different monetization options for our Community and Expert Contributors. It's crucial to provide more returns for their expertise and offer more Expert Validated Answers or AI Validated Answers. Learn more about our hosting issue here.

place in the config file for my shared directory. Where is it?

config directory file Shared
0
Posted

place in the config file for my shared directory. Where is it?

0

From Greg Wooledge @ f-support: OK, at some point I need to sit down and rewrite HUGE sections of the Wiki FAQ. People are coming into Freenet with some preconceived notions that are simply not in line with reality. Freenet is NOT a peer-to-peer file sharing application. Freenet does not work like Gnutella. You do not search for files in Freenet. You do not share whole directories full of files in Freenet. You must explicitly publish (insert) each file you wish to share. In particular, you DO NOT tell Freenet to create its data store in an existing directory full of files! It will delete them. (This will be “fixed” soon. Nobody anticipated that people would actually do this!) When you do insert a file, it has a KEY which is generally not going to be human-readable (Unless you use KSK keys, but those are not secure.) The only way to retrieve that file is to know its key. Therefore the person who inserts a file has to advertise its key somehow. The Wiki FAQ is freenet.sourceforge.net/wik

Related Questions

What is your question?

*Sadly, we had to bring back ads too. Hopefully more targeted.

Experts123