[K12OSN] NFS Client for Windows

[Jim Kronebusch]

I think I get everyones point here.  I will check out WinSCP or just
bite the bullet and learn how to set up a VPN.  I have a lot of
customers asking for VPN setups but have dodged it.

Thanks for all the input and keeping me part of the sane world.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Eric Harrison
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:55 AM
> To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> Subject: RE: [K12OSN] NFS Client for Windows
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 09:42, Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> > As far as I know Samba will only work on the local LAN not over the 
> > internet.  I need off-site access to these types of files.  I know 
> > that AFP offers AFP over TCP but that doesn't help me with Windows.
> 
> 
> Samba works over the Internet. No one in their right mind 
> permits SMB through their firewall, however. Same with NFS, 
> you don't want to expose it to the internet. 
> 
> Have you looked into WinSCP? http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/
> This is much, much, much more sane to access files from home.
> 
> -Eric
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com
> > > [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Mohr
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:30 AM
> > > To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> > > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] NFS Client for Windows
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> > > 
> > > >Just curious as to why it is such a bad idea.  If I am doing
> > > something
> > > >
> > > >incredibly stupid I would like to know.  I just saw this as an 
> > > >easier
> > > >
> > > >way to share files real time remotely than setting up a VPN.  I 
> > > >have
> > > >
> > > >people all the time who have something like Quickbooks at
> > > work and want
> > > >
> > > >to be able to edit this at home as well.  Problem is they do not 
> > > >have
> > > >
> > > >access to the .qbk file from home.  I thought something like
> > > this would
> > > >
> > > >be an easy fix to store the .qbk on a linux server and
> > > export the share
> > > >
> > > >via nfs to the ip of the 2 clients that needed access to it.  
> > > >Problem
> > > >
> > > >solved.  But maybe this is insane, I don't know enough yet
> > > to know the
> > > >
> > > >difference.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >I'll check out the MS link in the meantime.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > Insane is the wrong word, but MS has never been very good 
> at working
> > > with other OS's.  I think that you should try the package 
> > > samba.  This 
> > > package makes it look to all computers of the network that 
> > > the computer 
> > > is an NT server.  If you enable SWAT is /etc/xinetd.d/swat 
> > > you shouldn't 
> > > have too much trouble with it.
> > > 
> > > 
>