Let's say I have two machines. machine_local machine_remote
machine_local is under my control (say my personal desktop). I have root access to it (say root_local) and can pretty much do whatever I want on it. It currently runs Debian. Let's say the user name on machine_local is user_local. machine_remote has huge hard drive space, contains user account user_remote. However the problem is that machine_remote is maintained by some other person (say root_remote) who is reluctant to install new software, provide nfs access etc., Moreover, machine_remote is not running Debian but some other Linux distribution (say Redhat 8). My question is that Without bothering root_remote and just using the ssh account (user_remote) on machine_remote, would it be possible to use/mount those files onto machine_local as if they were local files? The advantage is that, I can run latest and greatest software on machine_local and at the same time take advantage of facilities like huge hard drive space, frequent backups etc., on machine_root. Please note that running NFS server on machine_root is not an option, since it would involve bothering root_remote for granting access to machine_local. Any other ideas/suggestions? thanks raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]