NFS Over Internet (was: ... Beowulf (cluster) installations?

[julesg at newebmail.com (Jules Gilbert)]

Thank you, Jeff:

I wasn't kidding about using linux millions of years ago.  But I am not even
average when it comes to ethernet's, LAN's, and even making a modem
connection work.  (And this was why I stopped using Linux -- I couldn't
connect to the outside world.)  My linux box was very very stand-alone.

And as it happen's, I don't know what IP masquerading is.  (I went to the
HOW-TO.)

What I need is a consultant.

--jg



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Kinz" <jkinz at kinz.org>
To: "Jules Gilbert" <julesg at newebmail.com>
Cc: "Boston Linux Users Group Discussion" <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:11 PM
Subject: NFS Over Internet (was: ... Beowulf (cluster) installations?


> On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 12:40:50PM -0400, Jules Gilbert wrote:
> > I have an IP address which maps to one machine.  Also a login ID and
> > password.
> >
> > No X session's.  Everything I want to do is done with C program's
running
> > batch jobs.
> >
> > I'd like my main computer to 'see' their file system.  Right now I am
using
> > C routines which invoke FTPCOPY and FTPQ; two utilities for getting and
> > putting files.
> >
> > Mounting their computer system using NFS would be great.
>
> Looks like you want a VPN:
>
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/VPN-HOWTO.html
> (This only works with Linux versions from 1991 and later.. :)
>
> I reccomend using ssh and scp instead of ftp based utilities.
>
> -- 
> Linux and Open Source.  The New Base.
> Now All your base belongs to you, for free.
>
> Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.
>