On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 00:01 -0500, Tore Johnsen wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to Linux and I'm looking for some general advice. > What I'd like to do is to set up a Linux file server using Samba (and a Subversion server using Apache but that may not be relevant to my question). > I need Windows client machines to connect to the file server accross the Internet. I would like the client machines to be able to access and operate on the served files as if they where on their local drive - and here is where this newbie is getting fuzzy on the protocols and what can be easily done. What is the best way to do this with reasonable security? Do I use SSH or VPN ? Is it at all a good idea to use Linux or should I go with a Windows Server instead? > > I'd appreciate any advice you may have. Your best bet is probably a samba server and OpenVPN. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20050717/df851438/attachment.pgp