Alternative to MC for Server Side File Managment?

[titon]

Hey Folks,

 

I was upgrading some hard drives and wanted to do some basic unraid house keeping.  I always have an issue with MC.  I see the menu, but I can never navigate properly within the app to move files around.

 

I wanted to see if there was any other GUI server side file management application other than Midnight Commander?  I know I can just map the drives to my local computer, but that would just route traffic to my computer before putting back on the server.  I was hoping for someway to move files easily on the server.

 

If anyone has a suggestions, or can tell me why I have this weird MC issues, that would be great.  Thanks again.

 

- Ton

[JonathanM]

Take a look at this tutorial for MC, and see if that helps.

http://www.tecmint.com/midnight-commander-a-console-based-file-manager-for-linux/

[titon]

Jonathanm,

 

Thanks for the tutorial, it was great   I think i found my problem.  Well.. maybe a workaround for MC.

 

If i use Terminal via OSX and go to MC.. it just doesn't work right at all.  Maybe its my terminal type or what not, but I am no expert at linux.

 

If I use Putty from my windows box, and then MC on my unraid.. guess what.. it works awesome!!   I am actually able to use my mouse and click on the vairous menu options, which is great.

 

Now I need to see if I can get the same experience on my OSX.

 

_ Ton

[JonathanM]

Now I need to see if I can get the same experience on my OSX.

I'm not a mac guy, so I can't comment directly, but I can google.

http://codingsteps.com/installing-and-using-putty-on-mac-os-x/

[megalodon]

I really couldn't get to grips with MC on my mac so I do everything across the network, Also this ensures that I don't have any problems with illegal characters that MC can't process. A few users reported issues with MC copying illegal characters but maybe it has been sorted now, Im not sure but its so much easier for me over the network.

[titon]

Now I need to see if I can get the same experience on my OSX.

I'm not a mac guy, so I can't comment directly, but I can google.

http://codingsteps.com/installing-and-using-putty-on-mac-os-x/

 

LOL.. thanks Jonathanm.. Since I can natively do in terminal on OSX, I never tried to load Putty.  Since you found something, I will give it a shot.  Thanks again.

 

- Ton