On 17/10/14 14:08, Liam Proven wrote: > On 17 October 2014 10:52, Alan Lord <[email protected]> wrote: >> Err it is really quite trivial (assumes you already have openssh-server >> installed on the destination host as you said you have). >> >> In the file browser (nautilus) click "Connect to server". >> >> In the Server Address box type: >> >> sftp://othermachinename.local [optionally add /any/path/you/want/to/specify] >> >> If you are connecting as a different user to the other machine enter >> >> sftp://[email protected] >> >> click connect. >> >> As it is all on your home network, I'd choose the "save password for ever" >> option and once it has connected, click the tool cog thingy and choose >> "Bookmark this location" > I did not know that Nautilus could do that. > > But why run ssh on your own internal LAN? What's the point of encrypting it? > > You might not want other LAN users to (in theory) intercept the data as it moves across the LAN (whether wired or wireless).
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