26 Apr
2020
26 Apr
'20
8:01 p.m.
I'm interested in accessing files on a Mac OS machine over the network
from a Linux host.
They're both my laptops, and currently on the same network, but this is
not always the case (i.e., doing this over the Internet may be desirable
at some point).
I read a while ago that Apple was moving to SMB for file system access.
Is this what I should be looking at? Are secure authentication and
encryption supported? Or should I be considering sshfs or NFSv4, or
something else? There's no LDAP infrastructure in my home environment.
With thanks and regards,
Jason.
26 Apr
26 Apr
8:20 p.m.
Hi,
sshfs / scp
- direct when local
- ssh via locked down tor onion service when not, perhaps
On 27/4/20 6:01 am, Jason White via luv-main wrote:
I'm interested in accessing files on a Mac OS
machine over the network from a Linux host.
They're both my laptops, and currently on the same network, but this is not always
the case (i.e., doing this over the Internet may be desirable at some point).
I read a while ago that Apple was moving to SMB for file system access. Is this what I
should be looking at? Are secure authentication and encryption supported? Or should I be
considering sshfs or NFSv4, or something else? There's no LDAP infrastructure in my
home environment.
With thanks and regards,
Jason.
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11:46 p.m.
Hi,
You could set up samba on your linux computer and then you can access it from your Mac.
Of the opposite way to use smbfs to mount a Mac share from your linux computer.
If it is just the occasional file then as Andrew said you can use ssh.
Remember if you want to access your Mac from your linux computer you will need to enable
these functions via Sharing in the system preferences.
Gordon.
On 27 Apr 2020, at 6:01 am, Jason White via luv-main
<luv-main(a)luv.asn.au> wrote:
I'm interested in accessing files on a Mac OS machine over the network from a Linux
host.
They're both my laptops, and currently on the same network, but this is not always
the case (i.e., doing this over the Internet may be desirable at some point).
I read a while ago that Apple was moving to SMB for file system access. Is this what I
should be looking at? Are secure authentication and encryption supported? Or should I be
considering sshfs or NFSv4, or something else? There's no LDAP infrastructure in my
home environment.
With thanks and regards,
Jason.
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On Monday, 27 April 2020 9:46:43 AM AEST Gordon Heydon via luv-main wrote:
Hi,
You could set up samba on your linux computer and then you can access it
from your Mac.
Of the opposite way to use smbfs to mount a Mac share from your linux
computer.
If it is just the occasional file then as Andrew said you can use ssh.
Remember if you want to access your Mac from your linux computer you will
need to enable these functions via Sharing in the system preferences.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sshfs-to-mount-…
I haven't tried this, but the concept seems good.
SMB over the Internet is generally a bad idea.
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On 27-04-2020 11:42, Russell Coker via luv-main wrote:
On Monday, 27 April 2020 9:46:43 AM AEST Gordon Heydon
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This can work OK - but I have had poor performance before with this. So
Ok for one off I guess
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Hi,
You could set up samba on your linux computer and then you can access
it
from your Mac.
Of the opposite way to use smbfs to mount a Mac share from your linux
computer.
If it is just the occasional file then as Andrew said you can use ssh.
Remember if you want to access your Mac from your linux computer you
will
need to enable these functions via Sharing in the system preferences.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sshfs-to-mount-…
I haven't tried this, but the concept seems good.
SMB over the Internet is generally a bad idea. 
4:44 a.m.
On 27/04/2020 06.01, Jason White via luv-main wrote:
I'm interested in accessing files on a Mac OS
machine over the network
from a Linux host.
They're both my laptops, and currently on the same network, but this is
not always the case (i.e., doing this over the Internet may be desirable
at some point).
I read a while ago that Apple was moving to SMB for file system access.
Is this what I should be looking at? Are secure authentication and
encryption supported? Or should I be considering sshfs or NFSv4, or
something else? There's no LDAP infrastructure in my home environment.
I used to this at work where my Linux desktop would mount a secondary
Mac computer. I initially used sshfs which worked quite well. At some
point I ended up changing to SMB/CIFS which provided a very slight but
noticeable performance increase.
Apple used to use Samba but wrote their own SMB/CIFS server and client
after Samba moved to the GPL V3. I think the replacement is called smbx
but from what I recall mounting it was almost identical to mounting a
Samba server.
I didn't pay much attention to authentication and encryption as I was
only ever connecting from inside trusted networks.
NFS is an option on Macs but I never tried it.
Cheers Geoff
With thanks and regards,
Jason.
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9 May
4:19 p.m.
Thank you - these observations have helped considerably.
On 4/27/20 12:44 AM, Geoff D'Arcy wrote:
On 27/04/2020 06.01, Jason White via luv-main wrote:
I'm interested in accessing files on a Mac OS
machine over the
network from a Linux host.
They're both my laptops, and currently on the same network, but this
is not always the case (i.e., doing this over the Internet may be
desirable at some point).
I read a while ago that Apple was moving to SMB for file system
access. Is this what I should be looking at? Are secure
authentication and encryption supported? Or should I be considering
sshfs or NFSv4, or something else? There's no LDAP infrastructure in
my home environment.
I used to this at work where my Linux desktop would mount a secondary
Mac computer. I initially used sshfs which worked quite well. At
some point I ended up changing to SMB/CIFS which provided a very
slight but noticeable performance increase.
Apple used to use Samba but wrote their own SMB/CIFS server and client
after Samba moved to the GPL V3. I think the replacement is called
smbx but from what I recall mounting it was almost identical to
mounting a Samba server.
I didn't pay much attention to authentication and encryption as I was
only ever connecting from inside trusted networks.
NFS is an option on Macs but I never tried it.
Cheers Geoff
With thanks and regards,
Jason.
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