also depending on how your location is set up if you have users that are exchagneing files internally for shareing/collaboration an alternative would be to set up a jabber server as and internal chat application. http://www.jabber.org/web/Main_Page but its hard to be fully useful in suggestions without knowing more about what you are intending to do. an alternative would be a content management tool that allows forum style posts with file attachments as part of it so updates and alterations can be attached in a historical manner. there are a number of options here to work with. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Josef Lowder wrote: > Thanks to everyone for your answers. > Sorry I wasn't clear enough in describing my situation. > > Looking back in my notes, I see that I had asked this question > previously, and got lots of good replies, but then never followed-thru > to get something working. I think good solutions are in the replies > everyone has provided. I just need to actually try some of them > to figure out which is the easiest for my needs. > > Previously, some suggestions were: > (1) "scp *.jpg 192.168.1.12:" > (2) sftp (if you have ssh running) then username@ip-adress > (3) From KDE Konqueror, in the location bar type: > fish://ipaddress/location/or/folder > (4) NFS or Samba are better/faster solutions, but require setup > (5) From GNOME, click on Places, then Connect to Server and select server type; > Nautilus will pop up and you can drag-n-drop files. > > 'scp' sounds like the easiest for most of what I need between among > my Linux systems, which is my main objective. > > Thanks again. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss