Re: mc to access remote file-system?

[Keith Roberts <keith karsites net>]

On Sat, 4 Jan 2014, chris glur wrote:

> To: mc gnome org
> From: chris glur <crglur gmail com>
> Subject: mc to access remote file-system?
>
> I've got mc on a X86:PC and on a ARM:rPi,
> which are interconnected via an ethernet-cable.
>
> `scp` & `rsync` seem to need me to move between
> the hardware.
>
> I'd much prefer to stay seated at the PC, and
> have a mc-view of the rPi's file-system.
>
> Can I do that?
> How does mc:ftp work?
>
> And what about running the RPi's `gcc` from the PC?
> ssh seems to have a zillion options.

Hi Chris.

I do this as root user by using ssh login to a remote 
machine from my laptop over a wired ethernet LAN. I can then 
run any program on the remote machine, including mc, and get 
the output displayed on my laptop.

http://linuxcommando.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/x11-forwarding-over-ssh-run-remote.html

HTH

Keith Roberts

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