Re: tramp mode for windows?

[Michael Albinus]

Joakim Verona <address@hidden> writes:

> This is how it works now:
>
> - on w32 machine, run ssh client which port forwards the w32 ssh port
>   to the tramp machine
>
> - on the tramp machine, use ssh method to localhost to the local port
>   forwarded w32 ssh port
>
> The firewall is traversed because the w32 ssh client makes an outbound
> connection to the tramp machine.
>
> I guess this is not entirely obvious. 
>
> The problem with this aproach is that it relies on both a ssh client
> and an sshd on the remote w32 machine. 
>
> if i can portforward the smb port and use that with tramp as you
> suggest, there is only a ssh client left on the w32 machine.

I'm not familiar with PuTTY, but I believe it allows port forwarding
into both directions. By this, you could forward the netbios session
service port (139) from your w32 machine, through the firewall, to
your local linux machine.

Best regards, Michael.