Hello all,
Here recently I have been trying to think of ways to transfer files from linux box to linux box. There has to be an easyer way then smb. I find that configuring smb can be a pain, and quite a challenge to get running. So I figure that there has to be a better way.
I have tryed FTP, but it is rather complicated to set up (all the tutorials I have tryed have not worked). Also, I don't like the way ftp works, smb, on the otherhand, is close to what I want. I would like to be able to map network drives from one linux box to another, much like windows allows.
This will mostly be used for working on my site, but occationaly it will be used for working with my server pc (updates and whatnot).
Any recommendations?
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 Mar 24 2005, 10:46 am
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If you want something that *just works* now, I'd suggest using PuTTY's sftp program. It's not nice or pretty like smb, ftp, or anything like that, but if you have ssh up and running, sftp should work too.
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Scoobert wrote:
Hello all, If you (like me) love the Norton commander file manager style, you can download Midnight Commander and use its "Fish" mode for easy movement of files. All you need is a bash shell on the other machine. It has many other virtual file systems too. http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/ /Gazoot | |
I already desktop share, but have no way to trade files (Acualy, if I transfer to a windows pc though smb then transfer back to the other computer, but that is a ack bassword way of doing it.)
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If you are transferring between linux boxes, the fastest way is by far WGET.
Assuming ofcourse you have http enabled. tar, zip or compress however you like the directory/file. then place it in your public_html folder or www directory go to your other linux box and type wget http://www.dynehost.com/file.tar.gz (assuming i had the file.tar.gz in my public_html) the file will be transferred between servers and voila!You're set. Ore | |
I like file mangers :P. I have thought of this though, and on my system, it is just get. Only real problem with that is that one of my linux systems is already running a website( http://www.scoobsoft.com ). I guess I could try a virtual server for another directory on another port. Just seems the hard way of doing it. I would love something that konquorer could use, but then again, that would just a smb clone. smb would be fine, but I can't get it configured right, along with that, you can rarly save to smb servers from most programs (gedit, emacs, gimp). I will try some of the suggestions on here though, see which one I like best.
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it's fairly simple for me.
I just tar /byond for example mv it to /user/public_html (my www dir) and then just wget it and delete it once its done. | |
if you have two linux boxes on the same network- you can (if NFS or Samba is installed correctly) just mount the drive of the other machine, just like you would mount a partition/HD/floppy on the local machine. then you can just 'copy' files from one to the other. the mounted drive looks and acts just like a local drive. check out tutorials on the net for this- google is your friend! :D
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Looks like I got smb working. Rather than using the computers name, I just used its IP, now it seems to work. Seems linux doesn't like windows way of sending names. I know my router is all screwy when it comes to my linux boxes. It comes up with some crazy names for them, but it is supposed to use the computer name.
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Oh and im using wine now, but a FEW things I still have questions on, Think you could IM me?
AIM: Chris062689
MSN: [email protected]
Thanks.