On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 00:01 -0500, Tore Johnsen wrote:
> Hi, 
> I'm new to Linux and I'm looking for some general advice.
> What I'd like to do is to set up a Linux file server using Samba (and a Subversion server using Apache but that may not be relevant to my question).
> I need Windows client machines to connect to the file server accross the Internet. I would like the client machines to be able to access and operate on the served files as if they where on their local drive - and here is where this newbie is getting fuzzy on the protocols and what can be easily done. What is the best way to do this with reasonable security? Do I use SSH or VPN ? Is it at all a good idea to use Linux or should I go with a Windows Server instead?
> 
> I'd appreciate any advice you may have.

Your best bet is probably a samba server and OpenVPN.
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