Mapping remote linux drive in windows...

Fri Sep 5 09:07:49 CDT 2003

On Thursday 04 September 2003 8:02 pm, Jason Clinton wrote:
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> Brian Densmore wrote:<br>
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>   <pre wrap="">Samba should work too.
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> If you're going to try to use a Samba link over the Internet, you
> _have_ to set up VPN or do some sort of tunneling. I wouldn't know
> where to begin to approach that problem. I've heard that getting VPN to
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Of course, it is possible to put an open Samba server/share on the internet, 
and rely on Samba's authentication.  Not that I would recommend it.

VPN is very well standardised, and I've had no trouble serving it or passing 
it through firewalls.

Does anybody have a link to the old Apple 'netiquite' file that explains why 
we use the ">" symbol for quoting?  Somebody has aparantly been sold on 
Microsoft's concept of stationery and style being part of email.