[CLUE-Tech] Re: What is the easiest way to move files between two computers?

[Jason S. Friedman]

I'd recommend FTP.  Almost every computer, even windoze, has an FTP client.  You've likely already got the server installed, and possibly running, on your Linux machine.  Note this is not anonymous FTP, which is slightly harder to configure.  FTP is not secure by itself, but given your description you don't need security.  And almost every computer,

Whatever method you choose, be sure your firewall and /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow are not blocking your traffic.

> Hello,
> 
> On occasion, I need to move large (multi-megabyte) files from one 
> computer to another. Neither system has a Zip drive or CD burner, so 
> using a sneakernet method is not feasible.
> 
> One of the computers is my laptop and will always be used as one of the 
> two systems. It will be running Linux (Red Hat or Slackware); the other 
> will run Windows 98, or Mac OS, or Linux. The systems are not part of a 
> network, and I plan on connecting them by their ethernet cards using a 
> crossover cable.
> 
> I don't care about security: I will be present for the transfer and once 
> it is done, the computers will be disconnected. Furthermore, once the 
> transfer is done, I will most likely not need to do it again with that 
> particular computer. I am looking for the easiest way to do this, so I 
> don't want to take a lot of time having to install programs and 
> configure passwords, .config files, etc. I've tried rsh and had trouble 
> with the passwords; I've tried SSH and gotten it to work after some 
> effort. But is there a faster way: can't something be done with ftp or 
> telnet or something else?
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> BOF