how do you network two Ubuntu computers with a crossover cable?

[Sean Hammond]

That NFS-howto looks pretty lengthy.

Who'd have thought setting up shared folders with either NFS or SAMBA would
be so difficult? I would have expected to be able to do it all through the
GUI.

Zach - thanks for pointing out that I can just use SSH. I assume that sshd
is not running by default on Ubuntu, but that the package is part of the
install so I can set it up (my machines aren't connected to the Internet). I
actually know perfectly well how to use SSH and there's no reason I
shouldn't have just done it in the first place except that I didn't think of
it.

The GNOME FTP client is called gftp. It's ugly, but reliable.

On 12/7/05, Zach <uid000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here's another option.
>
> For instances where you just want to transfer or retrieve some files
> and don't need transparent access like samba or nfs provides, SSH is a
> great option.  I personally install it on all my systems.   The gnome
> ftp client (gnome-ftp?) is ssh capable, if you want a graphical
> interface.
>
> Here's a great article to get you started:
> http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/02/02/1254222&tid=89
>
> There also is sshfs which gives you NFS-like transparency over an SSH
> tunnel.  I messed with it for about ten minutes the other day but
> wasn't able to get it to work.
>
> On 12/6/05, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Situation:
> >
> >  I have two computers running Ubuntu Breezy, one a laptop and one a
> desktop.
> >
> >  I have physically connected the two computers via their network cards
> using
> > a crossover cable.
> >
> >  Problem:
> >
> >  How do I get these computers to 'see' eachother, so that I can transfer
> > files? There seems to be no obvious way that works. The computers do not
> see
> > eachother via the Places->Network Servers window and it's not clear how
> to
> > use Places->Connect to Server to connect from one to the other. I
> attempted
> > to setup sharing with both NFS and SAMBA using
> System-Administration->Shared
> > Folders and by following the Samba instructions in the starters guide. I
> > also tried to activate the network interfaces using
> > System-Administration->Networking, and tried giving each
> > machine an IP address to use. All I could get was a dialog asking me for
> a
> > password to connect to MSHOME when I tried to open Places-Network
> Servers.
> > This seems to suggest that I had managed to create a network, but I
> never
> > specified any password.
> >
> >  I just don't know what I'm supposed to do.
> >
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