Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail and remote directory with SSHFS

2009-05-23 Thread Elliot Murdock
Hello, The voicemails are sent over to an independent server to save server resources (harddisk writing, harddisk space, etc.) and allocate more bandwidth to live RTP calls. The servers are located in different locations, with each one having an independent public IP address. Accordingly, I

Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail and remote directory with SSHFS

2009-05-22 Thread Elliot Murdock
Hello Matt, I do agree with you that NFS is that UNIX standard for network filesystems and that what should essentially be used. However, I shied away from using it, because on the surface it looks too complicated to secure properly. It uses many ports, dynamic ports, different background

Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail and remote directory with SSHFS

2009-05-22 Thread Jeff LaCoursiere
Lets start from the beginning. Why are using a network share for your voicemail in the first place? j On Fri, 22 May 2009, Elliot Murdock wrote: Hello Matt, I do agree with you that NFS is that UNIX standard for network filesystems and that what should essentially be used. However, I

Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail and remote directory with SSHFS

2009-05-21 Thread Elliot Murdock
Hello! Thanks...I set up a Samba mount, which works ok, except that Asterisk confuses a wave file as a wav49 file. I think it may have something do with the way Samba supports case sensitivity. Since Windows is not very aggressive when it comes to being case sensitive, I am thinking that Samba

Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail and remote directory with SSHFS

2009-05-21 Thread Matt Watson
Not that I;m exactly a big fan of NFS but... why would you choose to implement a filesystem that was designed to emulate Windows shares for your UNIX-type environment? You have to kind of expect odd problems like this when you choose to use things for other than their intended purpose. Samba I

Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail and remote directory with SSHFS

2009-05-14 Thread Elliot Murdock
Hello! The problem is a file locking problem that Asterisk needs to make changes to the directory. I was initially shying away from NFS and Samba, because I prefer to avoid any sort of security issues with only remotely mounting one or two directories. NFS and Samba are designed for larger

Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail and remote directory with SSHFS

2009-05-14 Thread Tilghman Lesher
On Thursday 14 May 2009 08:14:17 Elliot Murdock wrote: The problem is a file locking problem that Asterisk needs to make changes to the directory. I was initially shying away from NFS and Samba, because I prefer to avoid any sort of security issues with only remotely mounting one or two

Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail and remote directory with SSHFS

2009-05-13 Thread Danny Nicholas
Probably a permissions problem. Check out this article http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/10/28/how-to-mount-a-remote-ssh-filesystem- using-sshfs/ _ From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Elliot Murdock Sent:

Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail and remote directory with SSHFS

2009-05-13 Thread David Gibbons
Tunnel samba or nfs through ssh, rather than using sshfs, then mount using once of those more ubiquitous standards. -Dave From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Elliot Murdock Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:09 PM To: