Re: file sharing over the internet


Subject: Re: file sharing over the internet
From: zinc (zinc@zifi.genetics.utah.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 01 1996 - 22:50:37 EDT


Darren Crane writes:
> I have a situation where my Linux box serves files to our macs via
> netatalk. This works fine except that our office also has a branch office
> in another state, with macs that really need to be able to access our
> filesystems. How can tell the macs at our remote site to mount the
> drives at our server site, over the internet. Yes, I know this has the
> potential to be a real security hole, but it has to be done.

hi,
 
i'd get another Linux box on the other end, NFS export your mac dir
(on the linux box) to that and have the other Linux box share the NFS
mounted directory via netatalk. i don't see why this won't work,
anyone else have a comment?

-pjf

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