[wplug] Mount Remote Drive

[Mackenzie Morgan]

Can it do sftp?  Then you don't have to worry about ftp's insecurity or
creating a new user.

On 8/13/07, Greg Simkins <gregsim at telerama.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to run VMware vitualizer on my physical (Dell) Windows 2003
> Server, then copy the resulting image to a remote server running ubuntu,
> where I will operate it as a virtual machine, then shut down the
> physical server.
>
> Is there a way to mount the remote server as a drive letter on the
> Windows server so that I can output the image directly to the new
> server?  I notice that Windows wizard will link to an ftp site.  I am
> not currently running ftp on the ubuntu, but ssh.  If I have to use ftp,
> I will create a new user, do the transfer, then delete the user.  I
> don't want to transmit my root password via ftp.  Is that the best way?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg
>
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