Thanks, buddy!

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Kevin Fries <kevin@fries-biro.com> wrote:
If you were not confused enough, there is also sshfs, where you can
mount a file system, like nfs, but use sftp protocol instead.  This also
does not open up a second port, but uses your port 22 instead.

Aren't you glad you asked ;-)

Kevin

On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 15:36 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
> >"Personally, I am not a fan of NFS.  If I want files on another
> machine,I
> > open Nautulus (desktop file browser in Ubuntu), and type:>
>
> > ssh://myothermachine
>
> >I now have a windows that I can drag and drop files to and from.  And
> if
> >I want to run something on that machine, I will use Free-NX.  And it
> can
> >use the same SSH tunnel to do both.
>
> This is what I had in mind when I started this venture; but I think it
> would be good to learn both NFS and Free-NX.
>
> So I restarted the service, (it was nfs-kernel-service if you care).
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Kevin Fries <kevin@fries-biro.com>
> wrote:
>         NFS is file sharing, like mounting a server directory in
>         Windows.  In
>         the Windows platform, there are two programs that are
>         installed as part
>         of the standard Windows: Server, and Workstation.
>
>         Server is what creates shares on your system that others can
>         see through
>         network neighborhood (or whatever MS is calling it this week,
>         Network
>         Places?)
>
>         Workstation is the software that makes the link and makes it
>         available
>         to the current machine.
>
>         Linux can install SMB to connect, or share its folders using
>         the Windows
>         protocol, called CIFS (old references will still call it SMB,
>         which is
>         its predecessor)
>
>         Linux also has support for the old Unix equivalent, NFS, or
>         Network File
>         System.  In NFS, the Server portion is handled by a daemon,
>         and you
>         create your shares though the /etc/exports file.  The client
>         side is
>         handled via the standard mount command.  But it is just a
>         second
>         protocol to handle the same task.
>
>         Windows systems can also mount NFS drives, but you have to
>         find, and
>         install, the software separately.  Mac's btw act exactly like
>         Linux
>         machine's in this case, and therefore can mount NFS natively,
>         or you can
>         in stall the Samba to talk CIFS.
>
>         What I thought you were talking about earlier was remote
>         desktop access.
>         This is a completely different topic.
>
>         Remote desktop means that you will see machine-a's desktop on
>         machine-b's screen.  This allows you to run a program on
>         machine-a while
>         being currently logged into machine-b.  For that, I
>         recommended Free-NX.
>
>         Again, you have the Windows technology, and the one everyone
>         else uses.
>
>         Windows natively has a program called Terminal Services.  You
>         can
>         connect as a client to a server at any time.  Every version
>         since XP has
>         had this software installed, but you are limited to 1-2
>         connections
>         depending on your version of Windows.  Ubuntu has a client for
>         Terminal
>         Server also.
>
>         Linux and Mac machines generally use a program called VNC for
>         remote
>         desktop.  It is included with every version I have ever seen
>         of Linux
>         (or is in the repositories).  VNC has no security in it by
>         default, so
>         many tools have been built to secure the connection.  The
>         simplest is
>         generally to tunnel it though a SSH connection.
>
>         When I recommended Free-NX for remote desktop, It was due to
>         the fact
>         that you are obviously new to all of this, and wanted to point
>         you to
>         the easiest way to install the software.  Free-NX will require
>         you to
>         have SSH setup between the machines (easy enough), and it will
>         tunnel
>         between the machine a VNC session.  It hides all of this tough
>         a very
>         straightforward GUI, so it is fairly easy for a nubie.
>
>         But Free-NX will not share files, it only let you see the
>         desktop on the
>         other side.
>
>         NFS will not let you see the other side, or run programs on
>         the remote
>         machine, it will only share files.
>
>         Personally, I am not a fan of NFS.  If I want files on another
>         machine,
>         I open Nautulus (desktop file browser in Ubuntu), and type:
>
>          ssh://myothermachine
>
>         I now have a windows that I can drag and drop files to and
>         from.  And if
>         I want to run something on that machine, I will use Free-NX.
>          And it can
>         use the same SSH tunnel to do both.
>
>         Good Luck
>
>         Kevin
>
>
>
>
>         On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 14:35 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
>         > I am confused..... what exactly does NFS do? Maybe we should
>         do both!
>         > Below is the /etc/exports file i created for the computer I
>         decided to
>         > make the server
>         >
>         >      # /etc/exports: the access control list for filesystems
>         which may
>         > be exported
>         >      /            192.168.0.0(ro) 192.168.0.1(ro)
>         192.168.0.4(rw,sync)
>         >      /home    192.168.0.2(ro,sync)
>         >
>         > (computers)
>         >
>         >      (192.168.0.0) I don't know where this device is. I
>         figure it has
>         > to do with the router.
>         >      (192.168.0.1) Is the address to the router
>         >      (192.168.0.2) is the address to the windows box
>         >      (192.168.0.3) is the address to the designated server
>         >      (192.168.0.4) Is the address to the laptop wifi
>         >
>         > This is /etc/hosts.deny:
>         >
>         >      portmap : all
>         >      lockd : all
>         >      mountd : all
>         >      rquotad : all
>         >      statd : all
>         >
>         > this is /etc/allow:
>         >
>         >      portmap 192.168.0.0/192.168.0.4
>         >      lockd :  192.168.0.0/192.168.0.4
>         >      mountd :  192.168.0.0/192.168.0.4
>         >      rquotad :  192.168.0.0/192.168.0.4
>         >      statd :  192.168.0.0/192.168.0.4
>         >
>         > this being completed the next step in my guide tells me that
>         these
>         > daemons need to be started:
>         > rpc.portmap
>         >      rpc.mountd,
>         >      rpc.nfsd
>         >      rpc.statd,
>         >      rpc.lockd (if necessary), and
>         >      rpc.rquotad
>         >
>         > google says that startup scrips are in /etc/init.d but in
>         that directory the only rpc is rpcbind-boot which is a link
>         to  /lib/init/upstart-job
>         > which is a script... one of the lines in it says:
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >      # Symlink target for initscripts that have been
>         converted to Upstart.
>         >
>         > I'm a little lost! How do I get these scripts and add them
>         to init.d or where should I put them?
>         >
>         >
>         > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Kevin Fries
>         <kevin@fries-biro.com>
>         > wrote:
>         >         Sorry I was slow to jump in on this one...
>         >
>         >         NX rocks.  I disagree that it is a pain to set up.
>          It uses
>         >         VNC and SSH
>         >         to remote the desktop.  Ubuntu .deb packages exist
>         on their
>         >         site, so
>         >         install is pretty simple.  And, it is as secure as
>         anything
>         >         short of
>         >         full scale enterprise class application.
>         >
>         >         HTH
>         >         Kevin
>         >
>         >         On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 12:53 -0700, Michael Havens
>         wrote:
>         >         > which way do you think is best for the learning
>         experience?
>         >         >
>         >         > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Stephen
>         >         <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>         >         >         you can use rlogin via ssh, and then xming
>         and putty
>         >         to do the
>         >         >         same
>         >         >         from windows to Linux boxes.
>         >         >
>         >         >         these will maintain the most open options.
>         I have
>         >         use the
>         >         >         xming/putty
>         >         >         combination and its pretty nice. and as
>         secure as
>         >         your ssh
>         >         >         session :-)
>         >         >
>         >         >         On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Matt
>         Graham
>         >         >         <danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote:
>         >         >         > From: Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
>         >         >         >> No MAC. Two Linux boxes and 1 Windows
>         XP box.  Is
>         >         there a
>         >         >         way to
>         >         >         >> make it so that I can have the desktop
>         of the
>         >         other
>         >         >         computer on
>         >         >         >> another or else is this all text?
>         >         >         > [snip]
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > That's a bit of a different question,
>         and has
>         >         nothing to do
>         >         >         with NFS.  This is
>         >         >         > more like "remote access".  There are a
>         bunch of
>         >         ways; here
>         >         >         are the most
>         >         >         > popular:
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > VNC/TightVNC : Totally cross-platform,
>         tested,
>         >         stable,
>         >         >         etcetera.  On 'Doze,
>         >         >         > TightVNC Server will, if run, make the
>         'Doze
>         >         desktop
>         >         >         available to clients.  On
>         >         >         > Linux, you want x11vncserver or its
>         >         GUIfied/friendly
>         >         >         counterparts KDE Desktop
>         >         >         > Sharing or the GNOME equivalent
>         (vino?).  Many
>         >         clients
>         >         >         exist.  Pick your
>         >         >         > favorite; they usually have "vnc" in
>         their name
>         >         somewhere.
>         >         >          NOTE:  vncserver
>         >         >         > and tightvncserver create a virtual
>         Display
>         >         instead of
>         >         >         sharing an
>         >         >         > already-existing Display.
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > Windows Desktop Sharing : A 'Doze box
>         can share
>         >         its desktop
>         >         >         to remote clients.
>         >         >         >  There's a Linux client called rdesktop
>         that works
>         >         pretty
>         >         >         well.  Last I
>         >         >         > checked, there was a proof-of-concept
>         Linux server
>         >         that
>         >         >         didn't work all that
>         >         >         > well, so this is pretty much one-way
>         only.
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > NXServer : Proprietary free as in beer,
>         but quite
>         >         fast over
>         >         >         low-bandwidth
>         >         >         > links.  It's a bit of a pain to set up.
>          It works
>         >         well once
>         >         >         it's been set up.
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > X11 : Can be used, usually isn't, since
>         most
>         >         modern X
>         >         >         servers are started with
>         >         >         > -nolisten tcp , and GTK+ apps tend to
>         behave badly
>         >         when not
>         >         >         able to connect to
>         >         >         > a local X socket.
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > sshing to a Linux box is usually much
>         faster than
>         >         dragging a
>         >         >         GUI around.  But
>         >         >         > there are ways if you really need them.
>          Don't
>         >         forget that
>         >         >         you can "ssh -Y
>         >         >         > remotehost xclient" to ssh to
>         remotehost, then
>         >         tunnel X over
>         >         >         ssh, so that
>         >         >         > xclient is running on remotehost, but
>         displaying
>         >         on your
>         >         >         local Display, which
>         >         >         > may be useful in some cases.
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > --
>         >         >         > Matt G / Dances With Crows
>         >         >         > The Crow202 Blog:
>          http://crow202.org/wordpress/
>         >         >         > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But
>         only Light
>         >         too dim for
>         >         >         us to see
>         >         >         >
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