Mapping a Remote Network Drive

[Frankincense93]

Hi guys, I would like to remotely map a network drive of my Ubuntu server on my Windows 7 laptop.

I have working SSH as I use putty to connect to the server. I also have local samba working. I have been looking online for a while and I cant seem to find a solution perfect for me.

I need a secure way of connecting to my files on the server (without using FTP as I would like to access the files directly). The other things I have seen online either involve me installing 3rd-party software on my Windows PC, using an insecure connection, using FTP or creating an NFS which does not help as I am trying to access the files on a Windows PC.



Is there anything that suits my needs?

Many thanks,
Jack

[Habitual]

Jack:

You are contradicting yourself here.
"map a network drive of my Ubuntu server on my Windows 7 laptop." and " I am trying to access the files on a Windows PC"
Is that "Access the files from a Windows PC"?

Can you please clarify the requirement in a little more detail?

SAMBA works just fine for me for mapping a Linux Share for Windows machines. It requires little or no additional software (well, maybe an MS patch for netbios) on the Windows host.

Please let us know...

[Frankincense93]

Sorry for any confusion,

I am trying to access the files ON an Ubuntu server, FROM a Windows PC

i.e Ubuntu Server - Windows Client.


I can do this locally using Samba, but I would like to access it remotely over the internet.

[collisionystm]

You could use FTP or SSH to access the files over the net

[Frankincense93]

Unfortunately I would like to access the files as if it was a local folder (i.e a network drive), FTP would be awkward for this as I don't want to copy each file locally each time. Can SSH enable me to do this?

[bubylou]

If you already have openssh working on the server then you can access your files via SFTP by using a ftp client for windows. (Filezilla) That would be the simplest method of accessing your files. Just port forward your ssh port for the server. Also make sure you have enough security since your server will be accessible over the internet. (key authentication)

[ruffEdgz]

Have you tried to make your Windows machine share out a folder on your Windows machine then mounting it to the Linux server?

I don't know were your server is to your client but if I was doing this from my own computers are you house, I would do the following:

1) enable my windows machine to share a drive/folder through my domain: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc770880.aspx

2) try and mount the Windows share onto my machine via the 'mount' command (or anything else that might work): http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to...der-linux.html

I can't confirm this right now but once I get home, I can try it out on my windows laptop to my linux server and see if I can get a more process guide on how to do this.