I think Jon is right. The reason I, and I assume Darrin, recommended using ssh tools was because there is no setup involved. I have used those tools many times on my network just because I didn't need a permanent solution to justify the setup, and that is the same impression I get from the question. On 5/23/07, Jon M. Hanson wrote: > > The "secure" part may be overkill because it is a local network between two > computers, but using scp and sftp is really easy especially since every > Linux distribution I've ever heard of comes with SSH and it's usually > enabled by default. > > Setting up NFS and Samba is a little more involved. > > > Michael Sammartano wrote: > I am thinking some of you missed the basics, but I may be wrong. He first > and foremost must give the 2 computers ip addresses. After that he can just > share a folder. If I am reading this correctly, there is no reason to make > it a "secure" transfer as there are no other computers on the switch that > wouls be accessing the 2 computers in question. > ---- Jeremy Miller wrote: > > ============= > Yet another way to do that is sftp. It acts just like an ftp server > and is set up and runs automaticaly if you have ssh running. Assuming > you are Linux to Linux the command to initiate it is > username@ip-adress and then you get an ftp console. If one of the > computers is an M$ or mac or you just don't like command line you can > use Filezilla as a client by the Mozilla project. If neither of the > computers is a Linux box I would recomend trying to find a windows > user group ; ) Hope you can get something working. > > On 5/23/07, Darrin Chandler wrote: > > > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 11:10:10AM -0600, Josef Lowder wrote: > > > . > Is there an efficient way to copy files between two computers > on the same ethernet switch? I would like to know what is the > most efficient way to copy files from one computers to another, > especially if there is a good way to do this when two computers > are on the same ethernet switch. > > I have been copying files to a flash stick and then physically > moving the flash stick from one computer to another. > > And, I have ftp uploaded (copied) some files from one of my > computers to my web space, and then downloaded the same files > to another computer. > > But it seems like there must be some more efficient way to > just send (ftp?) files from one computer to another on my > locate ethernet network. > > Or, could I connect two computers together via their usb ports > and transfer files that way? > > Yes, these computers are networked and you can transfer files directly > between them. There are a variety of methods you can use. Just loads of > methods... > > Perhaps the easiest to get going from scratch would be to use scp, as > long as you have sshd running on one or both computers. Something like > "scp *.jpg 192.168.1.12:" would do the trick. > > Alternatively, you can set up an ftp server on one computer, and access > it just like any other ftp server. > > Also, you can set up samba to provide shares, like on windows... > > -- > Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG > dwchandler@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ > http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > Please visit > http://www.iconnetworksolutions.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) > Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net > Weblog: http://the-hansons-az.net/wordpress > Jabber IM: jon@the-hansons-az.net > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss