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Remote desktop file transfers

Asked by Clarence Harre;;

I want to transfer text documents from my my Windows Vista PC to the Ubuntu Server. There is mention of a GUI for transferring the files but I have yet to find it.

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#1

Do you administer the ubuntu server? Are you trying to "push" the files on to the server using the windows machine, or "pull" the files from the windows machine onto the ubuntu server?

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Clarence Harre;; (charrell5) said : 		#2

I am trying to pull the files from the windows machine and I own both
servers

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#3

It depends upon which services are enabled on the server.

You can use SSH, and transfer the files using a GUI tool like winSCP (remember that by default root cannot login via SSH). Or you can use FTP and simply use a web browser (its crap, but works), or use something like filezilla.

Alternately still, if the machine is on the local network, then you can simply enable Samba, and then use windows networking (SMB) to do the transfer.

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Best mycae (mycae) said : 		#4

oh, wait, pull. Nautilus supports SSH, FTP and SMB natively. Use that to do SMB -- you may need to alter the authentication defaults under windows.
http://www.vistaheads.com/forums/microsoft-public-windows-vista-networking-sharing/341556-sharing-files-between-ubuntu-vista.html

If you get stuck you can use RDP to login to the windows box and then do a push, as I mentioned previously.

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Clarence Harre;; (charrell5) said : 		#5

Thank you I will try both

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On Jul 4, 2011, at 3:41 PM, mycae
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> Your question #163698 on gnome-disk-utility in Ubuntu changed:
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> mycae proposed the following answer:
> oh, wait, pull. Nautilus supports SSH, FTP and SMB natively. Use
> that to do SMB -- you may need to alter the authentication defaults
> under windows.
> http://www.vistaheads.com/forums/microsoft-public-windows-vista-networking-sharing/341556-sharing-files-between-ubuntu-vista.html
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> If you get stuck you can use RDP to login to the windows box and
> then do
> a push, as I mentioned previously.
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Clarence Harre;; (charrell5) said : 		#6

Thanks mycae, that solved my question.