Is there a program or something to create a network drive or something similar using linux as storage server? Kinda like ftp but with ability to view thumbnails and directly open files without having them load to your drive first?
Something that is easy to setup would be a bonus because I don't know much about linux and most I did was install apache on it.
Basically allows you to make windows shares on a linux computer so you can access them using windows explorer
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broke my automerge :v:
Does it work on remote servers? Because the linux machine is located in another country.
Oh thats a completely different situation, I thought you had both on a lan. In your case I would go with SSH and perhaps with X11 enabled.
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[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell[/url]
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Or ftp would be a good choice since you have apache installed already.
SSH is not really an option since it acts like ftp. I need it to act more like a remote drive.
Install OpenSSH server (package name is openssh-server I think) and then SFTP over, on Windows side there's a program called WinSCP, you can use that.
I seriously doubt about the whole thumbnails being possible with SFTP.
I suppose you could mount a folder as a drive with sshfs but I've only done that on Linux.
I already use sftp in filezilla. I really wanted something more handy, but oh well.
SSH doesn't act like ftp at all, they're two completely different protocols. If any, it looks more like telnet.
[QUOTE=nikomo;24962827]Install OpenSSH server (package name is openssh-server I think) and then SFTP over, on Windows side there's a program called WinSCP, you can use that.
I seriously doubt about the whole thumbnails being possible with SFTP.
I suppose you could mount a folder as a drive with sshfs but I've only done that on Linux.[/QUOTE]
Exactly this. For the windows side I would suggest PuTTy.
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Only I dont think theres X11 forwarding possible to a windows machine.
So there is no online alternative to samba?
Yeah I would still go with SSH, you could also try using VNC to get total control over the remote machine. VNC works well cross-platform.
[b]Get SSHFS[/b] :iia:
It's a FUSE filesystem that mounts a directory on the remote SSH host to a directory on the local machine.
It's almost like having that remote drive right on your local machine.
Oh. Windows client. Nevermind.
Windows never gets the awesome stuff. Windows ports of git are always half-assed and its all its network junk is ridiculously overcomplicated.
[QUOTE=pipodebeuker;24962864]Only I dont think theres X11 forwarding possible to a windows machine.[/QUOTE]
You can, you just have to install Xming and set your screen as localhost:0:0 in putty settings.
But it sucks balls. But X11 over a network, especially the Internet, sucks, no matter the platform.
Oh thanks man, I'll give that a try.
You're right, it works quite ok on my local lan, with smaller applications etc. But I can definitely see it being "fat shit squeezed through a funnel".
[QUOTE=pipodebeuker;24984580]Oh thanks man, I'll give that a try.
You're right, it works quite ok on my local lan, with smaller applications etc. But I can definitely see it being "fat shit squeezed through a funnel".[/QUOTE]
You can run small shit, yeah.
But a few reminders, don't try to use anything that needs admin priviledges as normal user, the sudo pop-up thing doesn't work through X11 and never try to launch a full session, like gnome-session. Shit will not work properly.
Yeah I noticed that when I wanted to open nautilus as root.
edit: I am a bad reader. Ignore this post. I thought you meant you wanted to access your windows pc from linux :downs:
Install an FTP server on the Windows computer, and then mount it on your Linux machine using [b]curlftpfs[/b] (that one works for me)
Install curlftpfs first.
Then simply add:
[code]curlftpfs#Username:Password@host.com /your/mount/point/ fuse auto,user,uid=1000,allow_other 0 0[/code]
to your /etc/fstab. Change Username:Password@host.com and the mount point to your preferences. Then it will automagically connect and get mounted every boot.
I added "allow_other" so you can access it and do stuff als a normal user. Get rid of it if you don't want that.
Reboot and, voila! Now you can happily browse your windows machine with your favorite file manager and open files directly
It might not be exactly what OP asked for but it's still really informative. Thanks man.
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