[Novalug] Exchangimng files
Megan Larko
larkoc@iges.org
Mon May 12 13:49:55 EDT 2008
Charles M Howe wrote:
Hi,
> List,
>
> I have two computers, one running Ubuntu 6.04 and the other 8.04. As I
> related a couple of weeks ago, I bought a Netgear Powerline Network Kit,
> XE102G, which allowed me to get online with the machine with Hardy
> installed. Wireless wouldn't work.
>
> Neither machine is a server.
>
> How do I exchange files?
Am I correct in understanding that you want only to exchange files
between the two computers? Is each on a network?
You say neither machine is a server. One way in which to exchange
files would be to enable sshd (/etc/ssh/sshd_config) on one or both
machines. I would use the defaults, particularly X11Forwarding yes and
PermitRootLogin no (log in as a regular user and then escalate to root
if necessary). You may then ssh file.name
computer2:/new/path/newfile.name You will be prompted for the userid
password.
Another thing you could do is enable ftpd, but I would go for ssh as a
first choice.
megan
>
> Charlie the Perpetual Newbie
>
>
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