--- Jason DeWitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most of this would be done on the local lan,I don't > feel much like working > when I get home, I just play games. =) > > Yeah, I can scp it up there, but then that negates > the whole conversation, > becasue I was wanting to get away from making a > change to a file then having > to upload it to the server every time. either via > ftp or scp. I just > realized I don't think I told everyone that I was > talking about editing > webpages here.
Aha, now the smoke clears. > I think I am going to try out that ftpfs, but back > to our security > discussion, can't you tunnel your ftp session > through ssh? If so is that > something that the server will have to be set up to > allow? I would assume > so. Well, theoretically, you can't tunnel ftp through ssh, or you really don't want to, as the return data port is random) and would require that you make a new tunnel rule for each random port connection, etc ... :P Instead, you could use sftp in place of ftp (http://www.nevis.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/man.sh?man=sftp). I think your real question is, how do I make encrypted, remote filesystem mounts, right? Anybody know? John Hebert > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 5:08 PM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] vfs? > > > > --- Jason DeWitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > well, that is kind of hard to answer. Our main > > > production server is > > > windows2000, and I have a small linux box > running > > > apache for my wife's > > > website and I mess around on it too. If I am at > > > work, I am accessing > > > them from a Win2k workstation. If I'm at home, > it > > > will be either a Win2k > > > box or Linux, depending on if I rebooted or not. > =) > > > > Ai-yi-yi. > > > > > I know I could do either NFS or Samba, but > aren't > > > there considerable > > > security risks? Especially doing NFS over the > > > internet? I know windows > > > file sharing is full of holes, since Samba is > > > emulating that, does it > > > have the same shortcomings? > > > > Sure, the same risks exist. But I was assuming a > LAN. > > If your connections are both LAN and Internet, > then > > you really should install OpenSSH 3.4 on your > boxen > > and just do 'scp file > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ftp/dir/blah/blah/'. You can compile > > OpenSSH under cygwin or I _think_ ssh.com has an > sshd > > for Windoze boxes. > > > > You should not use valuable passwords over FTP > over > > the Internet, for all the reasons stated before. > You > > can configure ssh/scp to use locally stored keys > and > > therefore not need passwords, which is really more > > secure than passwords, when you think about it. > > > > John Hebert > > > > > ha! It's amazing what you can find when you know > the > > > right words to > > > search for in google! Have a look at this, > > > > > > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cnetips2.html > > > > > > John Hebert wrote: > > > > What operating systems are you using on the > client > > > and > > > > server, Jason? You can use NFS to mount remote > > > > filesystems between UNIX boxen, and if your > client > > > is > > > > a Windoze box and the server is a UNIX box, > you > > > can > > > > use SAMBA to make the UNIX box look like a > Windoze > > > > box. > > > > > > > > But if mounting an FTP dir is what you want, I > > > believe > > > > it is doable, as I've heard of others in the > past > > > > doing it. I just don't know how. :P > > > > > > > > Good luck! > > > > John Hebert > > > > > > > > --- Doug Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Jason: > > > >> A couple of things... > > > >> If the server is on your lan, then you > > > probably > > > >>do not have to > > > >>use FTP to get to that directory. The FTP > > > directory > > > >>is just another > > > >>directory on the sever. The server connects > FTP > > > >>requests to that > > > >>directory as a an FTP share by default. If > you > > > can > > > >>browse the > > > >>server, you can probably mount that directory > > > >>without FTP. (It helps > > > >>to be admin to do that... ;->) > > > >> A switched network is still venerable to > > > >>sniffing, the nature of > > > >>the switches or hubs doesn't stop a sniffer. > > > >>However, if your LAN is > > > >>locallized, and does not connect remote sites, > > > then > > > >>sniffing is less > > > >>likely. > > > >> For what you are doing, I would suggest > > > trying > > > >>to get the rights > > > >>to access the sever without FTP. Barring > that, > > > you > > > >>might look into > > > >>tcl, or Midnight Commander. If they won't let > you > > > >>connect to the FTP > > > >>share without FTP, they probably will not be > happy > > > >>with tcl though > > > >>either. > > > >> > > > >>Doug Riddle > > > >> > > > >>--- Jason DeWitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>>Yeah, I'm looking for the convience. Plus, > I'm on > > > >> > > > >>the same LAN as > > > >> > > > >>>where > > > >>>I am transferring these files. It is a > switched > > > >> > > > >>network, as I > > > >> > > > >>>understand > > > >>>it you shouldn't be able to sniff that out. > > > >>> > > > >>>I've done some research, it seems that vfs is > > > what > > > >> > > > >>allows you to > > > >> > > > >>>mount > > > >>>diffrent filesystems to the one you are > running. > > > >> > > > >>ie: fat32, ntfs, > > > >> > > > >>>the > > > >>>bsd filesystem(can't remember name). Some of > what > > > >> > > > >>I read, and what > > > >> > > > >>>I was > > > >>>told before, makes me believe I should be > able to > > > >> > > > >>mount an ftp > > > >> > > > >>>directory > > > >>>as a dir on my local file system, then just > save > > > >> > > > >>the files directly > > > >> > > > >>>to > > > >>>it. Any ideas? > > > >>> > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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