sharing files between ubuntu computers

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Gary Kirkpatrick <pegngary at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
>> > I have posted this question before and no one seems to want to mess with
>> > it.  I don't understand why not.  Should not be that difficult a problem
>> to
>> > resolve.
>> >
>> > I have 2 ubuntu computers.  Sharing files between them ought to be the
>> > simplest thing to do.  Places, network yields only 'windows network'
>> which
>> > can not be mounted.  One computer has jaunty the other still has
>> intrepid
>> > (have not had time to upgrade).
>> >
>> > I have enable sharing via shares-admin-network.  The only option is to
>> share
>> > through windows network/SMB
>> >
>> > I  have selected some files to share through Nautilus.
>> >
>> > ssh is installed.
>> >
>> > Places/networking shows "window network" which upon activation  shows
>> > 'unable to mount location.'
>> >
>> > Before I installed jaunty these two computers shared files.  I had no
>> > trouble getting this to happen.
>> >
>> > Repeated searches for help on google, and ubuntu have left me befuddled.
>> > It's probably something simple I am over-loooking.
>> >
>> > I appreciate any  assistance.
>> >
>> > thanks
>> >
>> > gary
>> >
>> >
>>     I think you have some problems with networking. Do This: In a
>> terminal type:
>>
>> $sudo ifconfig
>>
>> and write down the ip address for this computer. Then do the other the
>> same way.
>>
>>    Now in either computer in a terminal type: $ ping (the other
>> computers ip number). If this fails you have a serious networking
>> problem. If it works then do this:
>>
>> $ sftp (the other computers ip number)
>>
>> and you should be able to put anything you want from one to the other
>> computer.
>>
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
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>
> Thanks for the info.  I can ping from the jaunty to the hardy but not the
> other way around.  sftp does not produce any results from either computer.
>
> thanks
>
> gary
>

Might firestarter have something to do with it?

gary
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