Tips&Tricks Accessing remote files with kio_fish

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delboy711

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Post Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 9:07 pm Post subject: Accessing remote files with kio_fish

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Here is a tip for anyone who uses KDE and needs to access remote directories, but do not like the insecurity of NFS, or the flakiness of LISa (well I find it flaky)

 

kio_fish-1.1.2-5mdk is in Contrib on any Mandrake mirror.

 

Install the kio_fish , openssh, and openssh-clients RPMs on the client, and the openssh and openssh-server RPMs on the server, then in a konqueror file manager you can just enter the address of a remote computer in this format.

 

fish://username@hostname/path/to/directory

 

so long as sshd is running on the remote computer, and you give the correct password when prompted, then konq will be able to browse the remote directories. Bookmark the location for rapid access next time.

 

You can use the 'fish' URL in any KDE application.

 

kio_fish uses ssh to manage security. By default ssh allows anyone who knows the username/password to access the ssh server, but if you study 'man sshd' you can configure ssh to only allow access to users who have an appropriate encryption key. It is then safe to use kio_fish across the internet.

 

PROS: very secure, good integration with konqueror and KDE apps.

CONS: Not compatible with non KDE applications

 

 

 

Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).