Don't forget possibility 3: walk to machine, copy file to floppy, walk to workstation, copy file to disk, edit. Next, copy edited file to floppy, walk to machine, copy file from floppy to machine.
That's convenient, right? Hey, what about a CD burner? DAT! Regards, Dustin At 10:59 AM 6/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Hmm.. I guess with all this talk about security, I missed the fact that >this is a local network, as Dustin just pointed out. ;) > >I think your choices are this, then: either the first thing I mentioned, >which is a single app that includes both FTP and text-editing features; or >NFS or Samba, which will allow you to mount the directory on your machine. >Both can be configured with all the access control you need in a local >network, provided that you have some level of trust for the other members >of your network. > >-Tim > > >On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 10:51, Tim Fournet wrote: >It looks like you've come down to choosing one of two different routes: > >The first, like you had in windows, is to find a text editor that has a >built-in ftp client (or an ftp client with a built-in text editor). gFTP >in Gnome seems to do this, but I don't have access to a writeable ftp >server to try it on. This solution would be the quickest, if you're not >concerned about protecting your password or data and all you really want >to do is edit text files. > >The other route would be to go ahead and set up a VPN. I'd recommend CIPE. >It's terribly easy compared to FreeSWAN which can be painful, and is >included in many distros already. If you installed this on your internet >gateway, or used another method to create routes, this would give you the >benefit of having the remote network be like an extension of your local >one. Not only is it secure, it's very convenient. > >Good luck! > >-Tim --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UNIX and Network Consultant http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams
