Hey all! My 1st brand new computer ever will be here tomorrow and I've been trying to figure out how to get what files I need off of my Windows laptop to my soon-to-be Ubuntu machine. I don't have a cd burner in my (very)old pc, so I was thinking: maybe I can use their ethernet ports and just a cable between'em.......Is this possible? Or is this completely wrong? I'll greatly appreciate any help, advice, links,or handholding.

Samba, or the smbmount utility can mount shared folders.
Samba can create the share on linux and allow the WinXP laptop to connect to it.
smbmount allows the linux to mount the XP share to a linux folder you create.

I'm not sure if Ubuntu contains either by default, but apt-get install samba should get you the samba packages you need for Samba.

If you don't have a hub or switch, I would assume that you'll need a cross-over cable for the connection rather than a standard ethernet patch

Thanks for the help!

Another possibility is starting SSH server on Linux and connecting to it from Windows box. In my opininion using SSH is much easier than setting up Samba - especially if Nautilus (Gnome filemanager) can't for some reason see the Windows shares automatically.

If you wish to use the SSH approach, install "openssh-server" with Synaptic. If it is a plain Ubuntu install (no firewall) you should be ready to go. You'll need a SSH client on Windows - take a look at Putty. Then connect to the SSH server and copy the files you need.

You'll have to set up your networking first, unless you have router that does DHCP (automatic IP assigment). Simple static settings like this should work:

IP addr 192.168.0.1 (linux), 192.168.0.2 (windows)
Netmask 255.255.255.0 (both)
broadcast 192.168.0.255 (if required)
gateway (not required)

The ssh is an interesting approach, did anyone try it?

I'm going to try it tonight I think thanks for the inspiration!

Yeah, i think the fastest way that you could install a software name WinSCP onto your Windows box, then use it to transfer file between Win-box and Ubuntu-box via SSH link. It's very easy, same as use FTP.

Secure Shell has a "File Transfer" window, which you can transfer files from a windows pc to a linux pc.

http://www.ssh.com/

For ssh file transfer winscp is good but i find it very slow in fle transfer between win and linux.. another one is this which free for personal use...

http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier.html

I haven't quite got around to trying this just yet, I'm attempting an lfs build for the first time, which is taking some time...

Anyway, I wondered, because this seems like one way traffic here, presumably there's a program that turns windows into an ssh server, and I know at least in ubuntu there's an ssh client included, could this file transfer be made to work the other way?

If so, which software would be needed on the windows box?

I use freesshd:

http://freesshd.com/

also for openssh on linux have a look at this:

http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/ and the best is http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Networking...iew-HOWTO.html Hope this helps.

sshd is running in my suse linux box
network details

netmask 255.255.255.192
gateway 10.101.63.126
IP nos 10.101.63.66 (win XP)
10.101.63.105 (linux)

Putty on Xp

I tried to connect from Xp But failure

I am able to ping all machines in my network

I am also able to connect to the linux machine through ssh localhost
pls help

recheck your sshd and see the firewall setting winxp/linux

Two things here:

1. Did anyone posting recently notice that this was a 2006 thread?

2. Don't hijack threads - start a new one of your own.

That said, sounds like a firewall issue on the ssh front