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Subject: SSH and Samba

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Name: dasheuck
Date: January 24, 2008 at 21:28:44 Pacific
Subject: SSH and Samba
OS: Mac OS X
CPU/Ram: Intel 1GB
Model/Manufacturer: Apple

Comment:

I have sort of a weird question. I have a Mac that is behind a NAT server running gentoo linux. NAT is configured with iptables. What I want to do, is to be able to connect via Samba to the Mac through an SSH tunnel. Is this even possible?

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Response Number 1

Name: Curt R
Date: January 25, 2008 at 07:21:16 Pacific
Subject: SSH and Samba

Reply: (edit)

Do they make SSH software for Mac's?
I know you can get it for Windows based PC's.

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Response Number 2

Name: dasheuck
Date: January 25, 2008 at 14:10:50 Pacific
Subject: SSH and Samba

Reply: (edit)

Yeah it comes installed with OS X. It's OpenSSH. It's all command line though.

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Response Number 3

Name: jefro
Date: January 25, 2008 at 14:21:12 Pacific
Subject: SSH and Samba

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Sure, see the linux docs for that or even ms things like stunnel.
Might consider sftp.
I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

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Response Number 4

Name: Curt R
Date: January 26, 2008 at 05:18:54 Pacific
Subject: SSH and Samba

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Yes that's right, I had forgotten. OSX is BSD (UNIX) based.
How you're going to connect depends on what you want to do. If you're going to transfer files back and forth between machines then sftp is the right way. If you're going to manage, then ssh.

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Response Number 5

Name: dasheuck
Date: January 26, 2008 at 10:36:31 Pacific
Subject: SSH and Samba

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Well I can use SFTP to transfer files, but If there are a lot of files to transfer, that gets a little tedious. Since sftp only allows one connection at a time, you have to transfer the files in a directory tree one at a time.
I wonder, would HTTP work? If I set up an HTTP server on the MAC and forwarded the port through the NAT, then set up an SSH tunnel for HTTP? Is it possible to download a directory with HTTP?

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Response Number 6

Name: jefro
Date: January 27, 2008 at 12:42:56 Pacific
Subject: SSH and Samba

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If you make a tunnel then you can use ftp all you want.
Https would work too.
I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

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Response Number 7

Name: dasheuck
Date: January 27, 2008 at 15:12:30 Pacific
Subject: SSH and Samba

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But ftp through a tunnel only encrypts the control port, not that data. I guess I'll try https.

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Response Number 8

Name: Curt R
Date: January 28, 2008 at 07:21:55 Pacific
Subject: SSH and Samba

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Well I can use SFTP to transfer files, but If there are a lot of files to transfer, that gets a little tedious. Since sftp only allows one connection at a time, you have to transfer the files in a directory tree one at a time.
Well, I'm not sure about Mac's but with UNIX/Linux you could connect via sftp as many times as you'd like just like with ssh.
Here's a tip. First, prepare all the files you wish to transfer by backing them up into a single archived file. Then just transfer the one file...............

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Response Number 9

Name: jefro
Date: January 28, 2008 at 14:41:27 Pacific
Subject: SSH and Samba

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You need a secure tunnel. I agree that some tunnels stink.
I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

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