NoobY question

Alien18 · 08-11-2004, 10:53 PM

hey im prezty new to linux red hat and i was wondering how can i connect to my firend's computer through internet so that i would be able to send him some file and vice versa. i have tried using telnet but i cznt find a way to figure out whats my port number or ip adress. please help

archdev · 08-11-2004, 11:00 PM

First thing, dont use telnet, since its not secure (passwords are sent in plain text)

Instead of telnet, use ssh or sftp etc (they are encrypted)

Code:

man ssh

should be explanatory but lets say i had an account 'foo' on machine at ip 123.456.78.910 that i wanted to connect to

Code:

ssh -l foo 123.456.78.910

would get you on there...

but to just transfer a file, use sftp or something