Ps, the exact reason I couldn't use the samba server thru ssh was, that even though I followed the directions verbatim (that is sticking an entry in my LMHOSTS file and setting up the tunnel), windows could find the samba server
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Strauss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "vox-tech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 1:30 PM Subject: [vox-tech] Secure file serving? > Hi everyone, it's good to be back, Thanks to Pete for helping to get my > vox-tech account working again. > > I gotta question. I want to have a secure file server. > > I set up a samba server at work. I can see the samba server from my win2k > box when I'm on my work network. According to various docs I've read, I > should be able to SSH to my work server from home, do a little ssh tunneling > magic and be able to see the samba server from home (across the internet). > Unfortunately, I've had no joy, and from what I've read the performance > would be disappointing too (this food sucks, and the portions are small > too). > > I'd like to have a file server that I can get to from home, work, or when at > a client's site. I'd like it to be something like SMB so that it will work > well with all my M$ apps and provide file locking and such so that me and my > work mates don't overwrite each other (as opposed to having a sftp client > (gui or not)). > > What are my options? > > What I think would be really neat (i don't think it exists), is a https web > page I could go to, authenticate, and magically I could then see some > common/shared file systems, and be able to use if from my normal directory > structure (ie. thru windows explorer or from unix "ls"), so that I could > still use it while on a security conscience client site. > > Thanks > Jay > > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech