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. <div>On 12/7/05, Zach <<a href="mailto:uid000@gmail.com">uid000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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: <a href="http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/02/02/1254222&tid=89">http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/02/02/1254222&tid=89 </a> 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 < <a href="mailto:sean.hammond@gmail.com">sean.hammond@gmail.com</a>> 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. > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> > > > -- If you reply to a message I posted to a mailing list, and you want me to see your reply, be sure to put my address in the 'To:', or I might not see the message. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </blockquote></div>