On [Thu Mar 29 10:25], Joe Murphy wrote:
> Speaking of file transfer.... I've pretty much stopped using FTP and have
> instead started using scp and fish, which both operate over ssh and though
> a little slower than ftp, are more secure. WinSCP (free and open source)
> can be used from Windows boxen, and if one runs KDE desktop, you can just
> fire up Konqueror and put fish://{servername} in the address bar and you
> will be prompted for username and password. What's really cool about fish
> is that it allows you to use those remote files as if they were a mounted
> part of your file system, right there on the desktop.
there's a really neat application, using user-space kernel code, that
allows you to mount a remote filesystem using ssh. Look for sshfs with
fuse. One link is
http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html
Although I really liked it when i used it, in practice I don't
really wind up using it anymore, and just have my own shortcuts to sync
between the roaming laptop and fixed work machines...
peter
