mapping a remote drive
 

I need to connect to a remote server for updating files stored in it.

Can I map a drive and work directly from my desktop instead of transferring the files for each update ?

thx.

OK, i think I managed to do the mapping using the "Connect to server" options.

The problem is it runs very slow (connecting through telnet is much fatser but the drive is not mapped so it doesn't help me much)

Is there a better way to do it ?

What do you mean by updating files?

If you are wanting to access, say a document or spreadsheet on the remote server, then mount the remote server and do it that way.

Deion "Mule" Christopher

On the remote server I got several cpp files which I need to compile and run (and thus edit them alot) on the remote server. Now I mounted the remote folder but editing the files is very slow when I want to save them. (about 20 seconds for a file !!!)

Can it be done faster ?

The only thing I can think of would be to copy (or scp) the cpp files to your local workstation to mess with them. Then when you are done, just move them back over to the server for storage.

Is anyone else using the same files? How many cpp files are we talking about here?

Take that back - one other option:

_IF_ the remote server has KDE or GNOME installed, you could run the tightvnc server on it, and connect to it from your workstation via vnc. This will keep all CPU crunching on the remote server where the files are, and your workstation will only transfer keyboard, mouse, and video across the network. This would be the fastest...

Deion "Mule" Christopher

Well, thats the problem, the server sits in the university.
I need to do an assignment in c++ and the only place it will run as expected is on that server since it is configured uniquely.
I can only get text mode so GUI won't work there.

Can you ssh into it? I have not done so, but I have heard of getting a KDE desktop over an ssh connection ...