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I wanted to set up a server at my house, that would allow me to access files at home, from work. The files may not actually be on the Linux server, so if I wanted a Word.doc from my networked Windows machine, I'd like to be able to get to that too.
I assume I will need Apache, but what else is needed to make this work?
I have not done any Linux networking yet, other than having to configure a network card.
You wouldn't necessarily need apache for this to work, only if you wanted to setup a way to retrieve your files thru http or a browser.
FTP sounds like the way to go really, if all you need is access to the files, pull them from server, update and reupload, etc.
VPN is more of a way to gain access to your system and it would be as if the machine is on your network your accessing from, which is another way but most would think its more complicated in setting up.
If you just want remote access, you can setup ssh in that case.
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