home lab access over internet ?????

[watchung]

Hi,
I have a home based Solaris Lab I would like to access from work over the internet. I use comcast cable for my home
internet connection and a Linksys router setup. Can someone tell me where I could start?

Thanks,
Watchung

 

[bfitzmai]

A couple things you need to have:

On your home workstation:
1. Set up the /etc/dfs/dfstab file with directories that you wish to access on your work workstation. For security purposes, make sure you use the -o option and only set access privileges for your work workstation... See man share or man share_nfs to get the syntax. Should look something like " -o rw=<work workstation>. Either reboot or manually run /etc/init.d/nfs.serv start.

2. Place the work workstation hostname and IP Address in /etc/hosts

3. Enter the netmask for your work subnet in /etc/netmasks

On your work workstation:

1. Place the home workstation hostname and IP Address in /etc/hosts.

2. If you use automount, place an entry in /etc/auto_home. Syntax should look like: <directory> <work hostname:<shared directory>. You can use a /etc/vfstab entry also.

3. Enter the netmask for your home subnet in /etc/netmasks



I am sure there are things I am missing... Give this a try and let us know how it goes...

 

[Annihilannic]

I don't think watchung was asking about NFS, just a way of accessing the system? If my guess is right, and you have access to the internet from your work system, all that should be necessary is to enable redirection of the appropriate port(s), for example port 22 for SSH, to the IP address of the system on your internal network. The manual for your router should describe how to do this.

Annihilannic.