Another way - host the file somewhere like Dropbox/mega, etc. Have the server keep the file synced. Then you can edit it on the web storage.
Maybe somthing like Nextcloud?
Rather use a smaller app, like FileBrowser
Look into ssh
Try set up ssh then u can ether use a terminal or vscode with the ssh emote something extension
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If you want to edit files in a browser, then it will all depend on what kind of files you want to edit.
If it’s office suite related files, I’m leaning towards the Collabora Online suite with Nextcloud. If it’s markdown files, I’d go with something like HedgeDoc
Vim handles remote files over SCP natively:
vim scp://192.168.1.2//data/editme.txtWebDAV will handle that, and Joplin has WebDAV client built in.
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i agree with you. also the ‘use vscode ssh-remote-eeit-plugin’ or ‘install a remote web ide thing to edit one file’ answers are… questionable.
syncthing does not require to open access to the outside and does what op wants.
WinSCP is a nice GUI app that will connect over various protocols and let you edit a file easily. You can save the connection details so it’s just like 2 clicks to edit a file.
Surprised everyone is recommended SSH and vim and stuff when you wanted easy and simple.
Technically speaking the OP would be, most likely, be using SSH as the protocol to connect to the server using WinSCP. But yes, I agree with your point.
I would suggest something quick and simple such as FileBrowser. Another more “expensive” alternative would be to setup an SSH server on the server and use WinSCP to access the thing and edit the file that way.
If you go the FileBrowser route I just would like to recommend you to be careful about opening your “server” to the internet. Setting up a VPN like I described here is recommended.
If you can’t have run a VPN client on the target computer (work computer etc) and/or it isn’t practical (public machine) at least make sure you run FileBrowser behind a Nginx reverse proxy, use SSL, pick non-standard port and restrict the access to the thing as much as possible with a list of specific allowed IPs or, at least, only for your country. Using some 2FA solution and fail2ban for an extra layer of security is also recommended.
Deploy code-server and either connect to it with a VPN or open the port needed to connect over the internet.
Always be careful when opening the port. But yes this is what I do as well, I just keep it behind a VPN
You could use Nano (or Vim) over SSH, or set up a Samba-share from the server and mount it in your local OS somewhere.
There’s a project called Filebrowser that allows you to edit text files in a web interface. You can just run that on the 192.168.1.2 machine. It’s easy to set up simple auth, and you can restrict it to the /data/ directory.
