Re: new users

From: Andrew M.A. Cater (amacater_at_galactic.demon.co.uk)
Date: 10/19/05

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    On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 01:33:58PM -0400, Robert Wolfe wrote:
    > Darren, you cannot do file transfers via SSH. You will need to use FTP
    > to transfer the files. Or you can use SAMBA or CIFS to do file sharing
    > on the Debian box, which is what I do.
    >
    Sorry, the statement "you cannot do file transfers via SSH. You will
    need to use FTP" is too simplistic and, possibly, gives the wrong
    message (see below).

    No, you can't use ssh itself _but_ OpenSSH and various other SSH
    implementations do include scp (secure copy). You can transfer
    files from one machine to another if you have the SSH server running.

    scp server://home/amacater/myfile.txt .

    will copy a file called myfile.txt on machine server under amacater's
    home directory to wherever I am now. scp is useful for three reasons
    (at least) :

    1. All copies are effectively binary copies and you don't have to worry
    about ftp ASCII/binary mode.

    2. Copy is secured by the same ciphers as SSH and uses the same port -
    you only have to have port 22 open.

    3. On an unreliable network: ssh and scp do binary checksumming as part
    of the protocol - you know you should have an exact bit for bit copy.

    HTH,

    Andy

    > Darren wrote:
    > >Hello. I'm a new user of Debian and I'm looking to setup a file
    > >server on my network. I want the ability to access it like a ftp
    > >server from any pc on the net. My friend told me to setup an ssh
    > >server rather than ftp for security reasons and due to the fact I want
    > >to access it from an web browser. If you have any information to
    > >point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.
    > >
    > >I've got a Compaq Proliant ML320 Server with 2 36GB SCSI Hard Drives.
    > >I'm downloading the 31r0a ISO Image as I'm emailing you. Hopefully I
    > >will be able to install this package later on today.
    > >
    > >Thanks for your help.
    > >Looking forward to setting this product up.
    > >
    > >Darren King
    > >Nova Scotia, Canada
    >
    >
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