how to transfer files between 2 linux computers

[Abhishek Dixit]

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 09/12/11 06:34, Ric Moore wrote:
>>
>> On 12/08/2011 08:49 AM, Abhishek Dixit wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Mark Widdicombe
>>> <markwiddicombe at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8 December 2011 07:19, Abhishek Dixit<abhidixit87 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  I Can easily access via nautilus gui the windows share
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It automatically gets mounted at /media
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> deel at ubuntu:/media$ ls -l
>>>>> total 16
>>>>> drwx------ 1 deel deel 16384 2011-11-16 10:33 New Volume
>>>>> deel at ubuntu:/media$ sudo chmod 755 New\ Volume/
>>>>> deel at ubuntu:/media$ ls -l
>>>>> total 16
>>>>> drwx------ 1 deel deel 16384 2011-11-16 10:33 New Volume
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you notice in above even after changing permissions the permissions
>>>>> have not changed.
>>>>> What could be the reason and how can I change the permissions?
>>>>>
>>>> If the file system is formatted as NTFS or FAT (i.e. Windows
>>>> filesystems)
>>>> you can't change the permissions because Windows file systems don't use
>>>> Linux/UNIX permissions.
>>>>
>>> Yes this is formatted as Windows File Systems...so what can be a
>>> solution for the above situation?
>>>
>> Change permissions to the directory and contents from within Windows? Ric
>
>
> If you re trying to access (write/execute) Windows files from a Linux distro
> then in fstab set 'fmask=0111' and 'dmask=0000' for those Window's
> partitions.
>

Well I do not have any fstab entry.So windows partition does not gets
automatically mounted.
It is that when ever in my nautilus window I click on the icon the
directory gets mounted automatically.
I manually do not have to do any thing.
So I am not sure if making changes in fstab will work.How ever I found
an interesting discussion here
http://askubuntu.com/questions/86063/how-to-change-permissions-of-a-mounted-window-share
which says

" permissions for a windows share are determined at mount time, and
cannot changed at run time."
I am not sure as how this happens.