[PLUG] Internet data site with Samba and SSH

[Bill Barry]

On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 05:18:47PM -0700, Benjamin Prew wrote:
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> The Problem
> -----------
> I would like a way to access several remote files (resume, cover letter,
> .vimrc, etc) in a transparent and very easy way.  Preferrably as a
> seperate drive in windows or as a mount point in Linux.  I would like to
> read,edit/update or add new files quickly and easily.  So far, when I
> have needed to access these files I have been on broadband connections,
> so throughput usually isn't a problem.  
> 

How about just ssh to the machine and use vi or emacs to edit the files?

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> 
> I haven't done much ssh port forwarding before and I was wondering if I
> could get an abstraction of this problem.  For example, would I be
> connecting to port 137 on the remote machine, or would I use port 22? 
> I'm a little unclear on how port forwarding works.  
>

If you still want to do the samba port forwarding, you might find this helpful
http://www.ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/Samba-with-SSH/Samba-with-SSH.html

Bill Barry