Remote file/directory access

[Net Llama!]

On 06/21/03 10:36, Swapana Ghosh wrote:

> Hi
> 
>> On 06/21/03 07:43, Swapana Ghosh wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>>     I want to access few directories which is in
>>> remote server. I have already set the RSA key - so
> i
>>> can talk between two severs without any password.. 
>    I can copy 
>>> those remote directories in my calling
>>> server and work but in that case a huge amount of
> disk
>>> space is required so I can't go for this solution.
>>>     Can anyone give me some hints where can i check
> -
>>> to solve my problem? 
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm not clear on what your problem is exactly.  If
> you don't have 
>> sufficient disk space, then add more.
>>
>>>Can you not just ssh into the server use vi, jed or
> whatever editor you 
>>>use. If that doesn't work for you, then sftp and get
> the file, update 
>>>the file and sftp put the updated file back on the
> server.
> 
> Yes i can do that, but my purpose is different. I want
> to execute one tool
> in one server and for that i need to access/call few
> files/directories' which
> belongs to another server.
> 
> Now periodically, i can copy all the directories/files
> to the server where
> the tool is installed with a cron job, but in that
> case a huge amont of disk spaces is
> used both for the two servers.. That is wasting of
> resources/time!!!
> 
> That is why i need some soluntion where i can call the
> directories/files
> from one server to another server..

NFS?

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