Thank you for all thishelpful info. I have to specify that when I say "secure" transfer I mean the equivalent of "scp" which I use for moving data from Linux to Linux. I alreadytried the Remote Desktop Connection from my Linux box. Indeed I can open a window showing the remote Windows screen. This method is not encrypted but to connect to the lab computers from home I do have to start VPN with the lab protocol... which makes data transfer "secure", doesn't it ? However, the RDC is like a graphics telnet, that is it does not allow me to trandfer any data. I'm very ignorant about these techniques so I'm probably asking silly questions ... If I start VPN client on my Linux box (which I regularly do for data transfer from Linux to Linux) then may I use scp to copy to a window share .. ? Moreover I do not know how to get a window share on my Linux box ... I saw this window share mechanism at the lab where people in the Division I'm joining only know Windows (sigh). They have two windows opened on there screen .. One shows the local files system in a tree view and the other window shows the files system on the remote machine. They simply drag the icon representing the file to transfer from the local window and drop it to the remote window or vice-versa. ... But all their transfers occur among WINDOWS boxes. I have no idea if I can do the same from my Linux box after starting VPN client ... I'm totally lost here.... Maybe if I get an ssh server on the Windows box at the lab then I can move data to and from my Linux box using scp command line on a character terminal .. no graphics ... which would still be acceptable to me... provided that it works ... Thank you very much for your help, maura Jerome R. Westrick wrote:
Okay, one last question: when you mentioned "secure" did you mean as in "reliable" or as in "encrypted"?
Here some of your possiblities:
You can display the windows GUI on the linux Box Using VNC (or remote desktop if using windows XP), and you can do it from windows while you are using the linux screen and keyboard. This method is not encrypted.
You can mount a windows "share" directory on the linux and use the normal cp commands. (Also no encryption)
(as extension to above you can copy to a windows share without mounting it)
You can start the FTP service on the windows machine, and use the FTP protocoll. (Still no encryption)
For encryption, you are going to need to setup a SSH server on the windows. For this there is a sourceforge project (search for windows ssh) which provides a better install of the Cygwin SSH server. Cygwin is a huge beast...
Good luck
Jerry
On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 12:49, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:
Actually I'd prefer to have the possibility to upload files from the Linux machine to the Window box as I'll be working on the Linux console most of the time. However sometimes I might have to grab files from the Linux machine from the Windows box. I wonder whether there is a tool that allows me to transfer data both ways...
Regards, maura
Jerome R. Westrick wrote:
On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 10:15, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:
I was given a CD with both WinSCP3 and Putty 0.53b I was told that Putty lats me ssh FROM the Windows box TO mu Linux machine.... actually I need to move data the other way round.. that is FROM my Linux machine TO the Windows box. Does Putty allow me to do that ? If the answer is "no" then is theer any other tool taht allows for secure data transfer from a SuSE/Linux platform to a Windows/XP box ?
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
regards, maura
Maura...
Winscp3 is the easiest way to do what you want. If you are willing to "Pull" the files from the linux machine.
You did not say if it was a requirement that you do the commands on the linux. If you are just as happy executing the commands on windows, start winscp3, log in to your linux machine. Drag and drop the files you want from winscp to the explorer... it's that easy...
Jerry
Matt T. Duval wrote:
Just dl the vnc-viewer on the windows box and set in Yast2 that you want remote admin on. Then they just need your ip so in vnc they put <ip>:1, thats it. Also for ssh use putty on the windows box. Just stuff the word putty in google
On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 13:36, Maura Edeweiss Monville wrote:
How do you do that from a WIndows box ? Do you use a character terminal (found in the "Accessories" menu .. I guess) and type in: # ssh -X mauede@<my-computer-network-address>
This is the kind of connection I use to connect among Linux machines.
I do not know anything about VCN ... what should they install on their Windows machine and what should I install on my Linux box to allow them to connect to my two Linux boxes from their WIndows desktops ?
Thank you very much, maura
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Matt T. Duval wrote:
>Yes, they can connect via VNC or SSH > >On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 13:03, Maura Edeweiss Monville wrote: > > > > > > >>I tried to connect from my desktop PC running SuSE 9.1 to the computer in >>the Division I'm moving to (they all use Windows in there) .. I >>succeeded by using the SuSE provided Remote Desktop Connection. >> >>Now my question is: Can people I'll be working with, who (unfortunately) >>use Windows XP, connect to my computer running Linux/SuSE 9.1 ? >>They regularly use RDC for connections among Windows computers. >>I've just found out it's possible to connect from Linux to Windows. >>I wonder if the opposite way works too, that is from Windows XP >>to Linux/SuSE ??? If the answer is YES then what should they use >>(protocol/package) and what should they know about my computer (domain, >>IP, etc..) ? >>All the computers are on a network. >> >>Thank you in advance for your help. >> >>Maura >> >> >> >> >> >> >-- >Thank you, > >Matt Duval >Sr. Network Engineer >HealthTrans >www.healthtrans.com >"Transforming Healthcare, One Transaction At A Time" >(720) 493-8252 >6061 South Willow Drive >Suite 125 >Greenwood Village, CO 80111 > > > > > > >