How to map an SSH server as a Windows network drive?

[screw3d]

I'm currently trying out sftpdrive which works very nicely but it's not free ($39).

Are there other ways out there that works like this? Preferably something that takes a private key for authentication too..

Thanks!

 

[screw3d]

Bump?

 

[Praetor]

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/jp107/xp-remote/ssh-map/

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Praetor
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/jp107/xp-remote/ssh-map/

wow. that's friggen awesome:Q

 

[Nothinman]

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/jp107/xp-remote/ssh-map/

That's not the same thing, it'll only work for one remote host since you can only tunnel port 139 (or better 445) once and it requires the remote host have both SSH and SMB servers running.

 

[BlackOmen]

Tunnelling SMB over SSH is a minimal solution to provide secure data access to a remote location. However, as Nothinman points out, depending on your needs, it is very rigid as to what is required and how dynamic it is.

Really we need more information as to the setup of each network. Is this a case where an IPsec VPN is needed? More importantly then, can the server side host your VPN as is? If not, can it (ie are you an admin)? Is this case where PPTP is "good enough"?

 

[Praetor]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/jp107/xp-remote/ssh-map/

That's not the same thing, it'll only work for one remote host since you can only tunnel port 139 (or better 445) once and it requires the remote host have both SSH and SMB servers running.

This is true. It does work nicely though, I did it for a while for my wife when we were dating and living seperately. I can't say that I noticed an increase in resources used on the server during the time.

 

[screw3d]

Looks like I wasn't asking the right questions -- turned out that setting up Samba in my FreeBSD box was a piece of cake. 😀 I'm now happily mapping a windows drive directly to the server.

Security isn't a big concern because it's in a corporate network, and I almost never access the box from outside. It should work with VPN anyway.

Thanks all!

 

[JackMDS]

So $39 is a fortune for this corporate network?

Here is a similar product, http://www.southrivertech.com/products/webdrive/index.html

It pricing, http://www.southrivertech.com/purchase/wdpricing.html

 

[screw3d]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
So $39 is a fortune for this corporate network?

Here is a similar product, http://www.southrivertech.com/products/webdrive/index.html

It pricing, http://www.southrivertech.com/purchase/wdpricing.html

OMG $59.95!!! 😉

 

[SoulAssassin]

I'm pretty sure M$ SFU will do it and it's free.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/interopmigration/unix/sfu/default.mspx