Ubuntu server remote file access

[Ric Moore]

On 09/27/2013 04:30 PM, compdoc wrote:
>>> 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.
>
> Well, I wasn't very clear, I guess. You can open files without a VPN using
> the SFTP client, the companion to SSH, but it's a manual process. (open the
> client, connect, find the file, open it, etc.)
>
> And I know there is tunneling through SSH to provide a type of VPN, but I
> have never done this and so cannot provide details.
>
> Either way, a VPN is preferred, IMO.
"spice" was recently added to Proxmox server. I can't use it until the 
Ubuntu version is upgraded. It's supposed to have all sorts of bells and 
whistles. We won't see it until 13.10 from what I've read. Ric


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