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- steveorg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This download is suspect. Instead of an install, it ran a quick DOS program. I could not find a trace of NetDrive afterwards. In full panic mode, I restored the system to the point of my last boot up immediately, so I can't be positive if this is legitimate or malware.
- diggdave, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2groovenectar: very interesting link!
Here's my solution using the OpenSSH client and Netdrive to map an ftp connection to a drive letter for secure transfer (if you can ssh and ftp into the same box, otherwise not advisable) - I'm using Windows XP and this is working like a charm!
1. The SSH client. Find it here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sshwindows/setupssh381-20040709.zip?download
That's a download for the OpenSSH client for windows avoiding the whole huge cygwin installation. Install it and then for convenience add the path of the ssh binary's directory to your PATH env variable. If you don't know how to do this, just google it.
2. Install Netdrive - plenty of links for the installer above in previous comments.
3. Create the Socks4 proxy with ssh to your server. Since the location of my ssh binary is in my path I just push the window key and the r key to get a run dialog and type:
ssh -C user@myhost.com -D 30128
this opens an ssh terminal to your server and a socks4 proxy connection also accessible locally on port 30128. Now you have to keep this window open for your connection to stay live.
4. Setup Netdrive For the Proxy. Right click on your tray icon and select 'Program Settings' and click the Proxy-FTP tab. Check Enable Proxy Server, and then select SOCKS v5 - I know, I know - it's a socks4 connection, but this works, trust me. Proxy server Address is 127.0.0.1 and port is 30128. User and pass are blank, and I have checked use PASV.
5. Setup your site in Netdrive. The server type could be anything pretty much, but I wouldn't reccomend using differing hosts for you ssh connection and your ftp netdrive connection since your ftp will then be unprotected after your ssh host. When you have them on the same machine they are most secure together.
This might seem like a long winded process, but in actuality it takes 2 seconds to create the tunnel, and then another 2 to connect to your host with netdrive, works great. If you want to get the terminal window out of the way, download a program called 'The Wonderful Icon' a great little utility which allows you to minimize windows to the systray and do many other convenient things. - coditza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why the hell did you posted the contact details? Doesn't that email have a signature saying you are not allowed to post this stuff online?
I hope you get in trouble for this, people like you are responsible for most of the email addresses spam ***** gather... - 413x, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1SftpDrive ( http://sftpdrive.com ) also can map SFTP to a windows drive letter. The program is commercial, but there's a 6 weeks trial period.
- mutant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1WTF are you talking about? WinSCP doesn't MAP a drive in windows, it only gives you an interface.
- alecks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0how do you do it in windows w/o IE?
net use x: ftp://user:pass@something.com?? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The windows built in ftp support blows. badly. it hangs and is very very slow most of the time. Just like IE6 is with ftp:// protocol connections.
- MadEnvoy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@adam.lindsay
You are correct. No need for a third party tool... - ziffel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very nice, but I've been doing this for years with Novatix' ExplorerPlus. There are lots of Explorer replacement utils that have had this feature built-in for quite a while, and yes, it's very handy.
- slowspin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0nice. I didn't even know Novell was still around... :-0
- ImaFraud, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very nice tool.
- phi0x, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0site is down for downloading, clicked dl links and it 404'd
- thatsiebguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Totally cool.
- arcterex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Now anyone know how to map it via ssh:// in windows like I can in nautilus under linux?
- pk4ip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Any one prefer this over webdrive?
- boolean4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The interface looks exactly the same as Webdrive. So the question is, who copied who?
- HardwareJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Another Mirror:
http://stats.czug.org/ndrv41862.exe - novex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0you can do this (or similar at least) in windows already, it just ads it as a "network place" as opposed toa drive letter, however its just as accessable.
in the "my network places" folder just double click the "add network place" icon. then follow the instructions.
same functionality, no need to install another app and waste more system resources.
i personaly use it for accessing my photo album that i store on a webdav folder. - fustercluck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Holy hawksnot! This util works like a dream. Now I've got my webspace mapped into winblows explorer exactly like another drive. Very cool.
Outstanding digg! - brosner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0My question is, what is the OS X equivalent? I am able to mount a FTP server as a disk, but it seems to have read-only access. Anyway to revert this? Or any third-party software for OS X?
- cjurczak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I do like this app, but man do i ever hate Novell...
- Chewie67, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hopefully it does Secure FTP (TLS), otherwise it's useless for me...
- lydon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0From article: "Weirdly you can't find this at novell.com."
That's because is is built into the Novell Client, so they wouldn't want you to be able to get that utility without downloading the full Client.
@slowspin - There are still a chosen (forced) few of us that get the pleasure of dealing with Novell everyday.
Seriously though, they are pretting cutting edge when it comes to good open source/linux stuff. - tdamore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is useless unless it supports TLS. Go ahead and pass your loginpass to your webhost unencrypted, I'll keep using my sftp client.
- Ofaniel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Here's a link to download:
http://webmasters.simshost.com/library/net-drive.html - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0> but man do i ever hate Novell...
Why? They seem to be doing a good job of reforming themselves.
...and please come up with something other than "located in the center of nowhere surrounded by religious nutcases". - tomkroening, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Windows already does this and Novell just plain sucks! I'm ashamed to even possess my CNA certification.
- piratemonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ps, sorry to mislead folks about the license on this program, I did think it was a free download.
- piratemonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0No secure FTP but you can use a secure http proxy (see below). Also there's Webdav via SSL if your hosting site has it.
From the help:
Proxy Type
Select the type of proxy server you have.
HTTP Standard (CERN) – The most common type of proxy server.
HTTP Tunnel – Uses the HTTP tunneling protocol to establish a connect to the Web server. This is generally used for SSL proxies, however, you might find this useful if NetDrive doesn’t work with the proxy server type set to CERN.
HTTP Port Forwarding (SSH) – Used for SSH port forwarding. NetDrive connects to the specified address and expects the server listening on this port to forward the connection to the desired Web server. The F-Secure SSH client can be used with NetDrive under Windows* NT*/2000 to SSH encrypt communications. This can be useful if your server doesn’t support SSL. - InetNomad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The commercial version of this (that also support SFTP and various other connections) is www.webdrive.com
- tiller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It's a great app. I've been using it for over a year now. It never occurred to me that it was a digg homepage worthy item... :(
- tynin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ MadEnvoy
How? I've tried and could not get it to map to anything ftp://, sure it maps to other computers on a lan or even over a vpn, but i've never seen it work using ftp://. please let me know what syntax you are using to perform such dark magic. seriously interested. - groovenectar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@gschultz2
we really have no way to verify that this letter is real, though i have seen it posted at a few blogs. maybe by you. perhaps the people at webdrive don't want netdrive to be distributed, but the people at Novell seem to have no problem encouraging people to distribute it on the net:
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/qna/999.html - cgriego, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"The interface looks exactly the same as Webdrive. So the question is, who copied who?" Novell licensed and rebranded WebDrive 4 legally.
I've used WebDrive for awhile now. It's nice to be legal and have the SFTP support to boot. - piratemonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0License update: Novell wants you to download this.
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/qna/999.html - groovenectar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0oh, oops, that's already been linked, and i can't edit the post (i'm brand new to this)... sorry... looks like this is the only Digg post that gschultz2 has commented on... leads me to believe he's on some sort of mission. could that link from novell be all we need to see to justify using this software?
- ech0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0why so much hate against Novell?
- guinpin, on 05/04/2008, -0/+0No, that does not work. Returns an error:
System error 67 has occurred.
The network name cannot be found. - maxhodges, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0webdrive offers more features than the others:
http://www.webdrive.com/products/webdrive/index.html
I'm using it now for system backup. It includes a backup program which allows incrementals. my web server provides 250GB of storage at $7.50 per month. it's a great offsite backup tool. - codeguydotcom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Also try Free FTPDrive:
http://www.download.com/FTPDrive/3000-2160_4-10579258.html?tag=pdp_prod - seanhess, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Second that... I just installed and it works like a charm . (and it's free!)
- southrivertech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0NetDrive is not a free utility. Check out the EULA when you install it and you'll notice that it is license for use within a NetWare 6 environment only. Novell has even pulled the NetDrive client download from their website due to licensing restrictions.
NetDrive is based on a very old version of our WebDrive from South River Technologies. The product was licensed to Novell many years ago for packaging with NetWare 6.
Unlike NetDrive, WebDrive (www.webdrive.com) has a more mature WebDAV/HTTPS implementation. It also supports TLS, SFTP, locking and block level I/O features. - miscblogger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0mirror: http://www.freewarereview.info/2007-01/netdrive_-_browse_ftp_file_structures_like_virtual_explorer-style_drives.html
- vglass, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0another free client to checkout is Red Drive. supports FTP, FTPS, SFTP and WebDAV protocols.
http://www.jscape.com/reddrive/ - bshensky, on 03/05/2008, -0/+0There is an open-source solution for this - it involves using sshfs and fuse, along with a samba server. Basically, you mount the remote filesystem as a local folder via fuse and sshfs, then share out that folder using samba.
There's a great article on how to do it here:
http://www.wynia.org/wordpress/2007/02/08/sshfs-on ...
Once I had it working on a native third-party linux box, I tried my hand running it in a Linux VM on my XP laptop (using VirtualBox as the VM software). The Linux guest is a standard Fedora install.
Works great! It may seem a bit like using a hammer on a pushpin, but I can't complain about the stability or the cost. - bradlis7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Gnome/Nautilus has game when it comes to networking: SSH/FTP/SFTP, or just about anything else, all built in. It has problems with permissions still, and gedit as a web editing tool is still falls slightly short, but I prefer it over windows any day.
My choice for windows would be jEdit and Filezilla, because they're both free and offer the things I need. I get tired of keeping multiple copies on my computer with FTP though. - gschultz2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0NetDrive is not free. The agency I work for inquired about using NetDrive for a project and this is the response received from Novell on January 9, 2006:
You must have purchased or purchase Netware 6 or iFolder in order to use Novell NetDrive. Call me if you need further help and we can connect you with a Tech Specialist.
Regards,
Melissa
Melissa Niu
Government Inside Sales
Novell, Inc.
http://www.novell.com
mniu@novell.com
(801) 861-1618 phone
(801) 861-6317 fax - tarun, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Mirror: http://www.crossplatform.no/download/ndrv41862.exe
- idiggeverything, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Who cares what the license states.
- spankaccount, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0WinSCP (http://winscp.net/eng/index.php) does the same thing. It's free, open souce, and uses encryption.
FTP sends everything in clear text.
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