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© Copyright Robert Vasvari, 1993-2003.
RBrowser Features
WORKSPACE
- Remote File System Browser using UNIX,SSH,FTP,SFTP,FTP-SSL/TLS
- Column, List or Icon View in all File Viewers
- Easy downloads/extracting of URL's
- Protocol Helper for browser's or other apps
- Drag and drop file transfers between Local and Remote hosts
- Drag and drop file transfers between the Finder and all RBrowser File Viewers
- Direct secure file transfers between Remote hosts with SSH/SCP
- Change (su) to root or another user after login with SSH
- Full connection transcript attached to every viewer
- Easy to see progress monitoring in the dock icon
- Site aliases on the desktop, with direct launch
- All FTP Modes Supported: Binary, Automatic and Text
- FTP File Transfer Restart
- Local File System Browser
- Open, edit, and automatic saveback of documents in any application
- SSH access through firewalls with tunneling
- Support for Firewalls (SOCKS v4/4A)
- Full MacBinary support
- Local printing of documents while editing
- Character set translation in the browser
- Automatic display of available file system space
- Computes sizes of folders and file systems
- Inspector window displays file attributes
- Change file group, file owner (if root) and permissions
- Set Type and Creator (on HFS+ only)
- Customizable appearance
- Automatic connection configuration
- Supports all document types known to local system
- Copy, move, remove, and rename files on remote system
- Compress/uncompress files or entire folders (both local and remote)
- Create/delete folders and symbolic links
- Duplicate files and folders
BENEFITS
- GUI access to files on remote systems eliminating the need
to know shell commands
- No need to know all the varieties of UNIX
- No root/superuser/administrator privileges needed for
installation or use
- No special software required on remote systems
- Automatic analysis and configuration to handle remote systems
- Remote files can be on systems in different Netinfo or NIS domains
- User and group ids can be different on each system
- Multiple simultaneous connections
- Easy interface to FTP servers
FILE TRANSFERS
- Drag and drop user interface to transfer files between machines
- Multiple simultaneous transfer operations
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
- Character set translation in the browser
- Filename translation between systems using different character sets
TESTED REMOTE SYSTEMS
- MacOSX
- A/UX
- AIX
- DomainOS
- Irix
- HP/UX
- Linux
- NEXTSTEP
- NetBSD
- FreeBSD
- OSF/1
- SunOS
- Solaris
- Ultrix
LOCAL REQUIREMENTS
- Network access to remote systems
Supported platforms:
REMOTE REQUIREMENTS
ALL PROTOCOLS: Users must be authorized users on remote system.
UNIX: rexecd must be enabled on remote system (uncommented in
/etc/inetd.conf).
SSH: sshd must be running, your client must be enabled to
connect to it.
FTP: ftpd must be running.
SFTP: the SFTP subsystem must be enabled on the server
(usually in /etc/ssh2/sshd_config).
UNIX/SSH: Remote systems must have these UNIX utilities: sh cp
mv rm tar compress uncompress zcat uuencode uudecode chmod chgrp
- International support requires an 8-bit clean
Bourne-compatible shell such as ksh.
Apple, the Apple logo, MacOSX, Openstep, and WebObjects are
registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. UNIX is a
registered trademark of The Open Group.
RBrowser is a trademark of Robert Vasvari.
Please send requests, suggestions and bug reports to:
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