On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 15:24 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Let's say I have two machines. > > machine_local > machine_remote > > machine_local is under my control (say my personal desktop). I have root > access to it (say root_local) and can pretty much do whatever I want on it. > It currently runs Debian. Let's say the user name on machine_local is > user_local. > > machine_remote has huge hard drive space, contains user account user_remote. > However the problem is that machine_remote is maintained by some other > person (say root_remote) who is reluctant to install new software, provide > nfs access etc., Moreover, machine_remote is not running Debian but some > other Linux distribution (say Redhat 8). > > My question is that > > Without bothering root_remote and just using the ssh account > (user_remote) on machine_remote, would it be possible to use/mount those > files onto machine_local as if they were local files? > > The advantage is that, I can run latest and greatest software on > machine_local and at the same time take advantage of facilities like huge > hard drive space, frequent backups etc., on machine_root. > > Please note that running NFS server on machine_root is not an option, since > it would involve bothering root_remote for granting access to > machine_local. > sshfs or shfs as it is called now. Works wonderfully and is completely userland controlled. Works a charm over port 22. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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