On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 07:12:03PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > I have just set up a network of 2 PCs using Ethernet > connection, both running Linux. > > How to transfer files between them? Hi Serena, You need at assign IP addresses to each. You can check '/sbin/ifconfig eth0' (assuming you have 1 network card in each) to see what the IP address is. This is usually set in Debian in /etc/network/interfaces or etherconf(?). Once you have an IP address for each machine, you then choose the protocol to use: ftp, ssh, scp, email,.. You need to run a Server on Machine A and then use the client on Machine B. If you want to transfer files in both direction, you then need to install servers and clients on both machines. The basic one for Unix is ssh as its the easiest and most secure. you install ssh with 'apt-get install ssh'. This (on sid) installs the sshd (the server or Daemon for ssh) and the client 'ssh' and 'scp'. If you dont have a firewall to block access between them, you do: 'scp /path/to/file/mydata usernameB@machineB:/path/to/new/file/mydata' (on the client) scp is 'secure copy' like 'cp'.It will ask for the password on usernameB then copy the files. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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