avoiding using terminal editors
Hi,
I have a local server where I am root. The server has no Xwindows on it.
I access the server by ssh for a command line or by filezilla to
transfer files w/sftp. I want to be able to edit text files with a GUI
editor via ssh or via sftp. I can edit with ssh with
I start to write about ssh tunnels and exporting your display until I saw that you not only what to use windows, but a windows edit as well.That being said you really need to 'share' out the directory with samba or nfs and then you can access it just like a drive on your windoz box. Be careful of ,
From: Nathan England
> Can you possibly use Kate?
> sftp://root@SERVERNAME/PATH/TO/FILE
>
> Then edit and save directly without any additional need to copy here or
> there or anywhere!
Even better, use dolphin, type "sftp://user@host"; into the address bar, and
get a GUI-fied look at (whatever).
well i know you could rsync the location with files you want to make
available with a local copy, then use whatever tool you want to make
edits, then have a script you can fire off any time you want to rsync
your changes when you make them.
also gives you a good backup too.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 a
Can you possibly use Kate? If you have access to kate, or even kwrite
(though it does not have as many features) you could click File -> Open and
in the address bar type
sftp://root@SERVERNAME/PATH/TO/FILE
Then edit and save directly without any additional need to copy here or
there or anywhere!
Hi,
I have a local server where I am root. The server has no Xwindows on it.
I access the server by ssh for a command line or by filezilla to
transfer files w/sftp. I want to be able to edit text files with a GUI
editor via ssh or via sftp. I can edit with ssh with "$sudo nano
filename" only. It's
