I forgot, if you need to ssh into the box from a MS box check out putty (its free, thanks for the pointer John), the same group has a simple file transfer program called pscp (also free) that works in a pinch. Just google for "putty ssh", the first result should be what you need.
James -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Doug Riddle Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Re: "how do I transfer files to my home boxen onCox?" was RE: [brlug -gener... Very thorough answer Will. You're a good mentor. In Debian, if he doesn't have SSH, he can get it via at-get ssh. I have no clue as to the redhat, or suse method for getting ssh. I think I am just going to quit answering questions until I see yours. You seem to think a bit more before answering than I do. It is probably something about getting old and crusty.` Doug --- will hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most distros put both a server and a client on your > machines and an ftp client is part of it. It's a > very handy package. > > I've got two Debian boxes, hesiod and nestor, both > of which have ssh. To get files from nestor to > hesiod I get a command prompt and type: > > sftp hesiod > > Just like ftp, it asks for my password and puts me > in my home directory. The only difference is that > it's encrypted and tab complete does not work. Also > like a normal ftp client, > > sftp [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > or > > sftp [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > will log me into hesiod as jhill. > > The graphical client, gftp, does ssh as well, but I > prefer to make a tar file with the things I want > using find. I've read that rsync can use ssh and > one day soon, I may find out. > > > > On 2003.07.22 21:05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Does ssh have to be installed on the > server/client/or both? How would I > > connect to the server? Would I have to use a > dynamic dns service? What would the > > commands look like to do it? Would it be like > ssh > > C:/sourcedirectory/filename > name/dynu:C:/desitnationdirectory (if using > Windows)? > > > > Sorry if it is a lot of questions, but it is > something that I need to know. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steven P. > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
