How to map a Linux directory to a drive in Windows Explorer? Possible with Putty?

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Assume I have a remote Linux server.
How can I map one particular directory of this server
to a drive in my WinXP based Windows Explorer?

After mapping of e.g.

S:\ ----> \usr\local\home\somename

I would like to be able to copy and move files from/to the remote directory.

How can I achieve this?
Is this possible without a Samba installation?

Meg
 
Don,
I think yours will depend on whether you have access to the systems at work
from home, not just mapping a Linux machine as a drive on your Windows PC.
Neil
 
Neil,

I do, I own a small business. I am using RemoteDesktop at present which
works well, but would be easier just to access the files. Also, my wife
accesses these same files, and in order to do that I need to set up another
RemoteDesktop using a different port on her machine. My dispatch program is
installed at home but don't want to transfer the files back and forth.
 
Assume I have a remote Linux server.
How can I map one particular directory of this server
to a drive in my WinXP based Windows Explorer?

After mapping of e.g.

S:\ ---->  \usr\local\home\somename

I would like to be able to copy and move files from/to the remote directory.

How can I achieve this?
Is this possible without a Samba installation?

Meg
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Linux does not know how to link to Windows natively. You need to
install NFS (Network File System) access, which is complex, or Samba
(SMB.)
 
(e-mail address removed) (Meg Alteri) wrote in
Assume I have a remote Linux server.
How can I map one particular directory of this server
to a drive in my WinXP based Windows Explorer?

After mapping of e.g.

S:\ ----> \usr\local\home\somename

I would like to be able to copy and move files from/to the remote
directory.

How can I achieve this?
Is this possible without a Samba installation?

Meg
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Mapping network directories to drive letters uses Windows NetBT
(NetBeui over TCP/IP) protocol. In order for this to work, both ends
(client and Server) must support this protocol. Windows supports it
natively but on the Linux end, you must have a Samba Server installed
and running.

If you can't get Samba running on the Linux Server, your next
alternative would be to access/transfer files using the FTP or SFTP
protocols which are native to Linux. Freeware such as the FileZilla
Client can help you on the Windows end.

<http://filezilla-project.org/>

HTH,
John
 
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