Software for remote file access?

[duragezic]

So I'm here at the computer lab because this particular assignment can't be done over SSH or anything because it requires a .class somewhere on the server that we don't have access to. So fair enough, but I'd like to be able to listen to some music when I'm at the computer labs. And it'd be nice to access my current code from my home machine if I forgot to FTP it before I left.

Anyway, the background isn't important, but what would be best for this? I keep hearing of VNC, but wtf is it? Is it hard to set up? Free? Also, the CS computer labs here are all linux machines, but sometimes I'm in the EE labs on Windows or Linux machines. At home, I am running WinXP Pro and I just installed Fedora Core 3, so I would like something that is powerful so I can do it to/from anywhere if possible. I also hear of Terminal Services and IIS but I don't really have a clue about them. Also, the client PC can't download any sort of client, because I doubt the lab computers here allow access. Also, I believe it would be better if the server was Linux, since I'd leave my computer at home in Linux which I have setup to view my NTFS partitions. Unless their is something to view Linux partitions in Windows? Thoughts?

 

[n0cmonkey]

vnc is free, and runs on just about anything. It'll let you use your desktop from remote locations.

SSH is your best bet, IMO.

 

[kamper]

ssh (and hence sftp). You can use putty as a client on the windows lab machines because it doesn't require any installation, you just run the exectuable. Well, the ssh client does write it's config to the registry, but I don't know how well it would work if it wasn't allowed or if the sftp client (psftp.exe) needs the registry.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: kamper
ssh (and hence sftp). You can use putty as a client on the windows lab machines because it doesn't require any installation, you just run the exectuable. Well, the ssh client does write it's config to the registry, but I don't know how well it would work if it wasn't allowed or if the sftp client (psftp.exe) needs the registry.

winscp is a great sFTP/SCP program for Windows.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: kamper
ssh (and hence sftp). You can use putty as a client on the windows lab machines because it doesn't require any installation, you just run the exectuable. Well, the ssh client does write it's config to the registry, but I don't know how well it would work if it wasn't allowed or if the sftp client (psftp.exe) needs the registry.

winscp is a great sFTP/SCP program for Windows.

I use that but I couldn't remember if required any kind of installation that might be limited on a school machine. Although I have personally installed it on lab computers (rather insecure ones)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: kamper
ssh (and hence sftp). You can use putty as a client on the windows lab machines because it doesn't require any installation, you just run the exectuable. Well, the ssh client does write it's config to the registry, but I don't know how well it would work if it wasn't allowed or if the sftp client (psftp.exe) needs the registry.

winscp is a great sFTP/SCP program for Windows.

I use that but I couldn't remember if required any kind of installation that might be limited on a school machine. Although I have personally installed it on lab computers (rather insecure ones)

I installed it to my work machine today, and I don't have any admin type rights.

 

[JackMDS]

Free Fast and Easy Remote Control, and File Transfer.

Link to: Ultr@VNC - Installation, and Settings

:sun

 

[duragezic]

It seems like a VNC like UltraVNC requires installation on the client machines? I don't think I'd have permissions. I know Putty could be run on the Windows machines, but I don't think software can be installed. And I don't think it can on the linux machines because I can't even install Firefox extensions. Is there still something I could use?

 

[drag]

Putty and it's' related programs don't need access to the registry or anything like that to run.. So there isn't realy any installation per say. At least that's what I remember from using them.

Also there are web-based java ssh clients that you can use. Mindterm was one... Don't remember any thing else, but I am sure that they exist, and they could or could not be any better, or free or anything. You'll have to look. That way you could probably setup a simple little webserver on your linux machine and make it so that anybody with java can run it. I dont' know if they do file transfers though, maybe some do.

When I used it at school I had a anonymous FTP server with putty on it, I would download it and use it then delete it at the end of class. (take notes that way.)

Then a few months later I went back and they had putty installed on all of the machines! It's a nice little program, it has related programs for scp and sftp if i remember correctly.

Also putty will leave a configuration file behind containing information (like server key signitures ) to help guard against people doing man-in-the-middle and DNS spoofing attacks. So if you use it and need to erase all traces then you need to find out were those are installed. Most people don't care to look deep enough to find stuff like that though. Just it in mind.

 

[drag]

Here is mindterm, it's free for personal use. There are probably others that I don't know about though.