Access Linux File-system

There are many ways to get access to remote Linux files.

scp

scp service is based on SSH. If you can use SSH, then it is easy to copy files using:

scp <username1>@<server-ip1>:/home/<username1>/source.txt /home/<username2>

This mean you want to copy remote file /home/<username1>/source.txt on computer <server-ip1> to local computer path /home/<username2>. You can copy the whole folder using parameter -r

scp -r <username1>@<server-ip1>:/home/<username1>/<folder1> /home/<username2>/

sshfs

sshfs is a Linux tool to map remote folder into a local folder. It is also based on SSH. This tool can make one remote folder look like just a local folder. However, file operations inside that folder will be sent to remote computer and modify remote files. Please refer to Tutorial for further usage.

Samba

Samba is a Linux service that can make Linux folders shared in a Windows Share way. That means then you can get access to that shared folder from a Windows computer directly.

Installation

Please install samba, samba-client.

Configuration

Goto edit file /etc/samba/smb.conf, and add the following in its end.

[myname]
comment = share all
path = /tmp/myname
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

You can learn many other useful usage through Tutorial

Restart Service

Restart the service to make the changes take effect:

sudo services smbd restart