newbie question...

[Mark A. Taff]

On Sunday 09 July 2006 17:27, Ron wrote:
> I know this is possible, but I am unsure how to go about implementing it. 
> I am leaving on vacation next week but there are a number of documents that
> I have on my desktop computer that I would like to be able to access while
> I am away.  I have Kubuntu6.06 with a home network set up using Samba.  How
> do I configure Kubuntu to allow me to access those files from outside of my
> home network?  I am guessing that I would have to, somehow, set up my
> machine as an ftp server but how do I go about doing this and, most
> importantly, how do I make it secure?

Ron,

For the simple case, use ssh as others have said.  If you want a more elegant 
and powerful solution, use NX.  With NX, you will be able to work in your 
normal linux desktop running on your normal machine, from any computer in the 
world that has an nx client installed and Internet access.

NX clients are avaliable for all major platforms for free--I keep a version 
for each platform on a usb key I carry with me.

HTH,

Mark