On 17 Aug 2001 09:54:37 -0500 Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 17 Aug 2001 11:26:26 +0300, Martin Fluch wrote: > > Heips! > > > > Is there a network filesystem existing for which a user space server > > exists, which doesn't need root privileges to run, and which uses the TCP > > protocol (and not the UDP)? > > > > The situation is, that I want to mount parts of a filesystem on my > > personal linux box. The filesystem I want to mount is from an other linux > > box I can access only by SSH (the reason for that is, that my linux box is > > connected to the network through a wireless lan, and for security reasosn > > only a very small amount of ports to certain kind of computers are open). > > I don't have root rights there, but I'm allowed to run a user space > > server. > > > > I've thought about nfs, but also if I alter the protmaper source such that > > it will use an unprivileged port to listen to, there is still the problem, > > that it needs the UDP protocol which I can't forward by SSH. Any other > > options? > > There is a "very experimental" option for tcp based nfs in > kernel-source-2.2.19 that isn't in the 2.4 stuff. I don't know if it's > been abandoned or put back under the experimental radar. Perhaps some > kernel-list archives would shed some light on it's ultimate fate. Alternatively, it should be possible to set up an ssl tunnel which would allow you using just anything. I guess this will require root privileges, but I maybe for something like this the sysadm should be willing to co-operate. I've never done that though. -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help NO CARRIER .
