tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post3508907281485504721..comments2024-03-05T10:47:39.661-06:00Comments on Thoughts on Technology: HOWTO: Easily Share Files between Linux Machines using sFTPAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-17794098052009318732013-03-12T05:13:48.958-05:002013-03-12T05:13:48.958-05:00yes, but see my earlier post re. securtity. You mi...yes, but see my earlier post re. securtity. You might also want to consider using webdav, or some sort of self-hosted cloud service such as owncloud or seafile.Mark de Vriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-15899226243016680732013-03-08T23:33:42.132-06:002013-03-08T23:33:42.132-06:00If i am to share files between two debian based ma...If i am to share files between two debian based machine but over different network ( not on a home network ) would this method be helpful?jyoti banhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18190543414200963718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-69643933172093800812012-07-07T10:15:35.837-05:002012-07-07T10:15:35.837-05:00Great tutorial. Thanks a lot !Great tutorial. Thanks a lot !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-48766727145818492882012-04-12T15:49:28.490-05:002012-04-12T15:49:28.490-05:00I knew nautilus supports sftp so I was wondering a...I knew nautilus supports sftp so I was wondering about PcManFm. Turns out it does too, but requires you install sshfs first. After installing this open pcmanfm and enter the sftp address in the address bar, for your example: sftp://jeff@172.30.20.100. You will prompted for the password and after entering it, you can browse the remote location in PcManFm the same as you browse your local hard drive.yleenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-24281702013152890182012-01-15T00:17:28.801-06:002012-01-15T00:17:28.801-06:00Hope I can try this on opensuse virtual machines T...Hope I can try this on opensuse virtual machines ThanksNegin Nickparsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692345890405194924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-77149721090982415242011-10-28T11:19:48.121-05:002011-10-28T11:19:48.121-05:00Very helpful - helping me to transfer assorted fil...Very helpful - helping me to transfer assorted files between 2 home Debian computers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-74560579820885318822011-08-22T06:30:43.468-05:002011-08-22T06:30:43.468-05:00sFTP is great and it's good to see it promoted...sFTP is great and it's good to see it promoted here. Those who plan to use it over the internet (rather than in a closed home network) might however want to add a bit more security. <br /><br />At the least, you would want to change the port on which you listen to something other than the standard 22 (which is a prime target for scripted attacks) and also set up a separate user account which does not have shell access and is chrooted to its home directory (for a easy-to-follow tutorial on this see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1670559&highlight=ftp+sftp )Mark Leon de Vrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616778338758565339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-30729308190778487632011-08-15T22:07:20.554-05:002011-08-15T22:07:20.554-05:00Someone asks, "what if machine B is behind a ...Someone asks, "what if machine B is behind a broadband router?"<br /><br />Your "broadband router" should be a gnu/linux box with OpenSSH. Besides getting a security advantage from having up to date software, you get storage, web service and a way to tunnel back into your home network. Everyone should have a two nic box.twitterhttp://slashdot.org/~twitter/journal/217907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-22421424076459669502011-08-15T04:35:42.943-05:002011-08-15T04:35:42.943-05:00what if machine B is behind a broadband router?what if machine B is behind a broadband router?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-50351394658231808302011-08-14T11:46:44.942-05:002011-08-14T11:46:44.942-05:00sftp is good stuff and there are lots of good prog...sftp is good stuff and there are lots of good programs that use it. OpenSSH tools provide free software users privacy and security that's second to none. Samba is a good project for talking to Windows, but you should not be using Windows.<br /><br />Konqueror has had sftp as an io slave for a long time. This makes other file systems look like local file systems, so you don't have to do as much dragging and dropping. If you want to drag and drop, just right click the notification area and select one of the "split plane" options to see that useful old trick that most file browsers discarded a decade ago. Konqueror also has a smb:// slave that talks to Windows systems, so you can glue all of your computers together through one free software box. Konqueror still runs well under nice Window managers like Enlightenment. <br /><br />Grsync is a front end to rsync, which uses OpenSSH tools to sync file systems. It works excellently as a local copy and remote sync using "user@host/path/" conventions. <br /><br />People should be careful with non free software, however, and never trust it. Transfers should be initiated from the free system using throw away passwords. Windows in particular has at least a 50% compromise rate and <a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-bing/" rel="nofollow">Microsoft themselves routinely keylogs users</a>. If this makes things difficult, it's because Windows is difficult and should be avoided. <br /><br />A better solution is to run Windows in an VM like Virtual Box and only for a few legacy programs required by work. By reducing your dependency on legacy software, you reduce your need for garbage like Windows networking which will always sabotage free software. Virtual Machines can be accessed with virtual boot disks that run reasonable communications software to get information on and off them. <a href="http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=4748" rel="nofollow">People report being able to mount vdi files directly</a> but I have not tried that.twitterhttp://slashdot.org/~twitter/journal/217907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-64918137440699853992011-08-14T11:02:06.500-05:002011-08-14T11:02:06.500-05:00Great article Jeff,
I was having problems with SA...Great article Jeff,<br /><br />I was having problems with SAMBA and was looking for an alternative, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-64387668371944300652011-08-14T10:42:43.635-05:002011-08-14T10:42:43.635-05:00That was easy. Thanks.
Would you set the speed l...That was easy. Thanks. <br /><br />Would you set the speed limit so that you would still have access to the web? If so, what would be a good speed to limit it to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-65677430929951682222011-08-14T05:58:29.429-05:002011-08-14T05:58:29.429-05:00Thanks Jeff. Just test it, works like charm. Very ...Thanks Jeff. Just test it, works like charm. Very helpful. Samba has been failing lately and I'm glad to know this.<br />-Hendra-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com