Re: [newbie] Accessing my files at home ??

2001-09-19 Thread Marcia Waller
This sounds like a good idea. How would one get instructions on how to set this up that are very good and step by step? Thanks. Marcia On Wednesday 19 September 2001 05:56, Franki wrote: What about just using Webmin it has upload/download apps in there.. so you can move files back and

[newbie] Accessing my files at home ??

2001-09-18 Thread Adam Cripps
I'm at work today, and realised that I needed a file which is on my machine at home -doh! Today it's ok because I've asked my wife to email me the file. But she's always reluctant to do this, as she's got her hands full with our twin boys. :-) How easy would it be to turn on my home computer,

Re: [newbie] Accessing my files at home ??

2001-09-18 Thread Paul
I'm at work today, and realised that I needed a file which is on my machine at home -doh! Today it's ok because I've asked my wife to email me the file. But she's always reluctant to do this, as she's got her hands full with our twin boys. :-) How easy would it be to turn on my home

Re: [newbie] Accessing my files at home ??

2001-09-18 Thread etharp
my advice is to run appache on the home computer, set any folders you want to be allowed to get into in the config, and run a connection thru a Dynamic DNS server, so you could log into linxbox.ods.dyn.dns.org (or whom ever you sign up for the service with, you can search google for dynamic

RE: [newbie] Accessing my files at home ??

2001-09-18 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
are at the office. -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Adam Cripps |Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 6:40 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] Accessing my files at home ?? | | |I'm at work today, and realised that I needed a file

Re: [newbie] Accessing my files at home ??

2001-09-18 Thread Adam Cripps
Sorry, I didn't make it clear that my wife could just log on the net - give me the IP and I'm away - so, in fact, I wouldn't want those things to be automatic. Adam --- etharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my advice is to run appache on the home computer, set any folders you want to be allowed

Re: [newbie] Accessing my files at home ??

2001-09-18 Thread Steve Borrett
Hi, I didn't make it clear that my wife could just log on the net - give me the IP and I'm away - so, in fact, I wouldn't want those things to be automatic. I think the problem comes in more from the fact that once your home machine is up and on the net ANYONE can ftp into your machine!!! This

Re: [newbie] Accessing my files at home ??

2001-09-18 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
If you know the IP address, you should be able to SSH into the machine. Of course, you need an SSH daemon running. On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 04:38:47 -0700 (PDT), Adam Cripps [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I didn't make it clear that my wife could just log on the net - give me the IP and I'm