SSH GUI w/ Tunneling

Drigo · 08-25-2010, 02:40 PM

So....I want to transfer files to a computer but for doing it, it takes a long time to set up tunneling a with the ssh command from terminal( ssh -P -N .... ). I need to transer files from MyPC ----> Network --> DestinationPC.

With WinSCP (Windows), I just set up tunneling, save my connection and thats it. Is there any like alternative for Linux? I tried gftp but I can't tunnel with it.
Thanks!

indienick · 08-25-2010, 02:51 PM

If you need to transfer files, have you tried using SSHFS? All you need on your end is Fuse (and SSH of course) and all the other end needs is an SSH server.

tredegar · 08-25-2010, 04:11 PM

Maybe see man scp if you want to do it from the command line ?

Alternatives:

With KDE desktop try fish://user@IP.OF.P.C in konqueror
With Gnome desktop try sftp://user@IP.OF.P.C in nautilus

All the above work well for me, but I have no win computers on my LAN. If you have win computers, you'll probably need to use samba.

Drigo · 08-25-2010, 04:18 PM

indienick,

Looks like Fuse is a good solution but there is no package for Ubuntu or apt-get install does not find it. thanks though

tredegar,
Thanks for your response. However, this will not work because I need to connect to a intermediate computer to reach the final cluster (computer). From MyPC to IntermediatePC to ClusterPC. So...basically two IPs. any other suggestions?

estabroo · 08-25-2010, 08:30 PM

apt-get install sshfs

evo2 · 08-25-2010, 10:50 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drigo

So....I want to transfer files to a computer but for doing it, it takes a long time to set up tunneling a with the ssh command from terminal( ssh -P -N .... ). I need to transer files from MyPC ----> Network --> DestinationPC.

I'm assuming that "Network" is some gateway machine that you have to log on to because there is no direct route from "MyPC" to "DestinationPC".

If this is the case you can make a tunnel:

Code:

MyPC> ssh -f -N -L56789:DestinationPC:22 Network

Now port 56789 on the localhost (MyPC) points to port 22 (default ssh port) on the the machine DestinationPC.

So to copy a file to DestinationPC you would now do:

Code:

MyPC> scp -P 56789 somefile.foo localhost:

Quote:

With WinSCP (Windows), I just set up tunneling, save my connection and thats it. Is there any like alternative for Linux? I tried gftp but I can't tunnel with it.

If you are doing this often you can put some entries in your .ssh/config to save all the repeated typing of flags and options.

Cheers,

Evo2.

Drigo · 08-27-2010, 09:54 AM

evo2,
thanks for your reply. Well this is what I've been doing and yes the gateway idea is correct. But still, i think its a pain looking for folders from/to where i want to copy. The TAB button does not work when using scp as well....thats why i am trying to find a program similar to WinSCP.

indienick and estabroo,
I installed sshfs but I dont know how to use it. I tried the sshfs -h command but still doesnt make sense...

evo2 · 08-27-2010, 10:24 AM

After making the tunnel you can then use sshfs to mount the remote directory. Something like the following should work:

Code:

sshfs -P 56789 localhost:/some/dir/on/DestinationPC /mnt
ls /mnt

You may also need uid and gid options: post back if you have more questions.

Evo2.