Network embarassment
Joe Wamsley
jw at netrattler.net
Sun May 8 20:14:18 UTC 2005
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Brian Astill wrote:
> On Sun, 8 May 2005 08:39 pm, albi at scii.nl wrote:
>
>>ftp, lftp, and ncftp are ftp-clients
>
>
> I am only trying to link two PCs through a hub on the one local network, so I
> can transfer files between them. Do I need a full-blown ftp server to
> achieve this?
>
> A friend called and transferred a file of mine he wanted from my main computer
> onto his laptop using that hub and ssh. I guess I am puzzled that I can't
> get my No2 computer to talk with my main computer using that same hub and
> ftp.
>
>
>>do you have a /home/ftp dir ?
>
>
> Not at this stage.
>
Why don't you just use Samba or NFS to share your files, it's very easy
to setup. If you need to share files over the Internet then I would
agree on using ssh for this.
Joe
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