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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:

  • MacOSX (PPC only)


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.


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