Mount Ubuntu shares remotely with Mac and Windows
- by Donald
First time on here so please be gentle!
I have setup a small school network with a Ubuntu 12.04 Server for use as a fileserver mainly. I have managed to set the server up (all command line based - no GUI) and setup the Samba shares, which works really well internally.
Internally, the school have a combination of Mac's and Windows machines and they can all access the shares happily.
The school has a fixed IP ADSL connection and I have added a route in the router to allow me remote access to the server using SSH (port 22). That also works well.
All good so far!
What I now want to do is allow remote access to the shares.
I have done a bit of reading and thought I had found the answer with SSHFS but I am still non-the-wiser.
So, my basic questions is:
In Windows, how can I map to the Ubuntu shares across the internet through the router?
In Mac OS, how can I add the remote share across the internet?
The school used to have a Windows server and the users were used to creating a VPN and then pulling up the share folders etc, but I'm unsure how to do this with the Ubuntu server.
I assume I need to add another route through the router too allow for SSHFS or something similar?
Thanks in advance...
Donald
