I'm a new user to linux, and one of my first goals was to get a p2p file sharing program running... I managed to get netmess to work, or barely... When I make a search it only shows very few results... Maybe I configured netmess.ini wrong... Here's my ini file: And at the end the info from the ''About'', note that there is no managed nodes or cache...

  Can anyone help me,

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; NetMess node configuration file
; Use a ';' to comment out a line
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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Standard parameters
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; Coma separated list of shared directories
; you can specify multiple directories like this:"c:/temp","c:\downloads","e:\work"
; WARNING: "" are MANDATORY. Don't forget them
SharedDirs="/mnt/hd/mp3"

; Delays beetwen update of the contents of shared dirs in seconds
RefreshSharedDirDelay=1800

; HTTP proxy host, port and optionnally user/password used to access WWW
;HTTPProxy=proxy.domain.com
;HTTPProxyPort=8080
;HTTPProxyUserPassword=user:password

; Exclude string, if a dotted ip address begins with the follwing string then, it will not be tunneled through poxy
; Useful in very special case, like you have multiple nodes on LAN connected to other Internet NetMess nodes
; and want your nodes be able to speak together directly without using proxies
; ex: HTTPTunnelExclude=10.228, all dotted ip like 10.228.1.45 will not be tunneled
;HTTPTunnelExclude=

; This setting allows to override automatic detection of behind-firewall/proxy condition
; If you have trouble to contact nodes outside your private network, and if you have
; configured HTTPProxy try ForceHTTPTunneling=2
;ForceHTTPTunneling=0

; Talk like a girl
Verbose=1

; Logfile where to record all console messages
LogFile=netmess.log

; Allow usage of Port TCP 443 (SSL) if available
;UseSSLPort=1

; Allow usage of Port TCP 80 (HTTP) if available
UseHTTPPort=1

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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; File Server Parameters
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; Maximum number of concurrent transfers on the server
FSMaxConcurrentTransfers=16

; Maximum bandwitdh alloacted to file transfers, in KB/s
FSMaxBandwidth=250

; TCP Port where the file server of this node will be listening for requests
FSPort=7070

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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; LAN Parameters
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; Controls wether the node will listen to UDP broadcasts in order to detect other nodes running
; on the LAN
EnableUDPDiscovery=1

; Delays beetween UDP broadcasts in seconds
LANBroadcastDelay=3600

NetMess Node version 0.99.4-linux-x86 (Node Manager)
Current Transfers:

Connection Quality:
75%

Catalog statistics:
Number of shared objects in catalog (including indirect sharing):
228

Neighborhood (nodes):
8
NB: If your neighborhood is empty (=0) wait for a few minutes
to let the Node manager connect to other nodes
and check your proxy parameters

Number of managed nodes (including localhost and cache):