9.0 Synchronizing and Sharing Data
Novell iFolder® allows you to manage, access, and update
your files from any location by tracking changes and synchronizing
those changes to all of your workstations, including your home
computer, laptop, etc. To use the synchronizing function, upload a
folder from your file system to an iFolder server from which the
iFolder client running on your local machine can access and
synchronize the data. You can also share a folder on the iFolder
server and grant other users access to it.
Before you can use iFolder, your need to be registered as an
authorized user on the iFolder server. To start your iFolder client,
press + F2
and enter ifolder. This adds an iFolder icon to
your panel. The first time you start iFolder, a wizard opens that
lets you enter the name of the iFolder server, your username, and
password. To automatically connect to the iFolder sever every time
you start iFolder, click .
9.1 Uploading and Synchronizing Folders
You can only synchronize your files or upload new folders when
you are connected to the iFolder server.
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Start iFolder and log in if prompted to do so. Click the
iFolder icon (
) on your panel to open the main window.
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Click , then browse to an
existing folder or click to
create a new folder.
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When the folder you want appears in the right part of the
dialog, select it and click to upload the
folder to the iFolder server.
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After your folder has been uploaded, it appears in the list
of available iFolders. Now your client automatically
synchronizes the folder contents in the default time interval.
To synchronize manually, click .
9.2 Sharing an iFolder
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Select the desired iFolder, click , click the tab, then
click to show a list of available
users.
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Select the users you want to share the folder with from the
list on the left, then click to transfer
them to the list on the right.
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When the list on the right contains all the users you want
to add, click . The
tab now shows the users invited to
share the folder.
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To modify the access rights for a user, click the username
and then click .
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Select the rights you want to grant the user, then click
to close the dialog.
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To apply your changes, click . When
the added users log in to iFolder, they receive a notification
about having been invited by you to share a folder.
9.3 Closing iFolder
To close the iFolder window, click . This leaves the iFolder client running and enables
further synchronization of your files in the background. If you end
your current GNOME session now, iFolder automatically starts the
next time you log in and tries to reestablish the connection to the
iFolder server. To log out and terminate the connection with the
iFolder server, click . iFolder stops tracking changes and the iFolder icon
is removed from your panel.
