So after a series of posts exploring a sensible, free-from-time-wasting way of sharing files, I’ve now found a better way.

I overlooked the whole Fuse and SSHFS situation. So now we can to connect to the server in a decent way (not using some dumb SFTP program) try:

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First up, if you’re running an earlier version of windows, good luck. It is possible to do this on windows 2000 but you’ll need to Google around for documentation, tips etc.

This isn’t a perfect solution because it means you’re going to have to remove File and Printer sharing for your PC. If you want a solution where you don’t need to do this, do your own research.

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Connecting and sharing files has always been a pain in the arse and we still haven’t got it perfect but here’s our solution (and policy). We use SMB over SSH.

If you’re a Mac user, you must go to System Preferences -> Sharing. In the Services tab, make sure that Windows Sharing is switched off.

Then use can use the following connection on the Terminal:

sudo ssh -L 139:gobisoft.org:139 username@gobisoft.org

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