The remote login bit is for SSH, though that might, with configuration, be able to include an SSH FTP server that would let you do the sharing you want.
What you want to do is tricky to do in a non-command-line way with any form of security. The usual solution is to VPN in to your work and then things like personal file sharing and windows sharing will work fine. This is something your company would have to setup, and occasionally the broadband company may get shirty as they've been fighting VPN usage on customer accounts claiming it is a business only concept. I'm assuming you have a static-ip on your work machine and that you can actually see it from home already for the next part. I would go ahead and setup either: 1) A web server 2) An SFTP server [or failing that an FTP server, but that's poor] 3) A webdav server Webdav would look like .Mac if done correctly, so would probably look best on your machine in terms of drag and drop power. I imagine for security you could do webdav over ssl. If you've not got a static ip address on your work machine, ie) its IP address is a local ip, which includes 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x, then the only option is something like VPN. I have worries about VPN as it means your home network joins your work network and viruses can potentially pass both ways if you have different security models. Hen On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Robert M. Klein wrote: > How do I use file sharing/remote access via the internet? On my Mac at work > (OS 10.3.1), I went to "sharing" in system preferences and checked the box > for remote login; personal file sharing was already checked, as I use that > with my other Mac at work on the network. (Should I have checked remote > Apple desktop? I thought that was for monitoring what folks are doing on > the network.) > > What I want to do is access the folder that I have already set up for file > sharing there from my computer at home or wherever via the internet--copy > files, send files, etc. as if I were on the network there. The Apple help > file is a joke, as it only talks about how to allow terminal access to your > computer . On Versiontracker, I found a few utilities but they seem to want > to access the remote computer's terminal program only. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Robert > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
