Ubuntu server remote file access

[David Fletcher]

On Fri, 2013-09-27 at 07:48 -0600, compdoc wrote:
> Simply put, a VPN connects your machine directly to the remote lan. It
> would allow you to browse and edit the files on your server from outside the
> lan, as you said. Openvpn is excellent for that, and is not too hard to set
> up. There are many sites that tell you how.
> 
> SSH does allows access to files, but not in the same way. You would have to
> copy the files to your PC first to use them. And having port 22 open invites

Sorry? They're already kept on the server which runs 24/7. The whole
point of this is that I can read and update files at home without having
to carry a copy of everything everywhere.


> the world to attempt breaking into your server by trying to guess passwords.
> If you use certs then it is safer. 
> 
> I use a router to router VPN so that any computer on my lan can connect to
> any computer on the remote lan. And I connect using ssh through the vpn when
> needed, so that I don't have to open port 22 to the world.

So, does VPN have to work between fixed locations rather than a mobile
device? That would be no use to me - I might visiting friends in the UK,
skiing in Andorra, or potentially anywhere else.

OP