Possible to make a symbolic link over SSH?

Mr. Flibble

Is it possible to make a symbolic link of a folder from a distant computer using ssh?

If not, are there any other ways to make a seamless shortcut of a folder between two computers, without being asked for passwords on each access?

feylya

I'm not sure about the link but what about setting up samba sharing and authenicating through smbpasswd?

Blowfish

If you are running kde, right click on the desktop, select Create New->Link To Location.

In the url box, put

fish://

followed by the server location. The first time you open the folder it will ask you for your username and password, just tell it to remember them and you wont need to enter them again.

Konqueror and Midnight Commander are the only two browsers that support that protocol, which is a pity really as its the only protocol that i've found that doesn't actually need any servers running.

Mr. Flibble

Not using kde unfortunately. I'll try the samba way. Cheers

oscarBravo

sshfs?

nadir

have you considered using nfs? symlinks will work over that no problem.
I use it on my wireless network at home, for streaming videos , and files and stuff.
way to go tbh.

Red Alert

NFS no way on a public network! In fact I have banished NFS entirely at home locally.

SSHFS might be what you need, if you set up public/private keys.

mr_angry

What filesystems are involved? You could just try mounting it on the command line using 'mount //remoteshare /localdir'

Mr. Flibble

mr_angry wrote:

What filesystems are involved? You could just try mounting it on the command line using 'mount //remoteshare /localdir'

I'm trying to put a shortcut to a folder on an osx machine on a computer running Ubuntu, over the internet. Unix is new to me so try to keep instructions simple.

Mr. Flibble

Got sshfs working!! Thanks for the info.