basic network help needed

[midol]

I have two linux boxes connected to a 4-port router that is connected to the internet. Both boxes work fine and can see the internet. ifconfig -a on each shows LAN ip addresses of 192.168.0.158 and 192.168.1.2. On the former I run FC5 x86_64. It has a Public folder in /home/dave that has a file in it that I want to move to the newer computer, 192.168.1.2. On 192.168.1.2 (which has F7) when I am at the desktop I can click on the Computer icon and get a window that shows a folder called dave's public files on fc5.davedomain, which is 192.168.0.158. At first I thought I could just click on this and voila I'd be able to copy the file. But no matter how long I wait the folder never opens. Ideas???

Dave

[gthill]

to move a file between networked machines you can use the command scp

open a terminal on 192.168.0.158
cd /to/path/
scp filetocopy 192.168.1.2:/home/user/

or copy a folder

scp -r foldername 192.168.1.2:/home/user/

this won't move, but will copy

other options include rsync to copy files and directories from one computer to another
for more information
open a terminal and type
man scp
man rsync

It could be more complicated depending on your setup so reading the rute guide will be good for you.

http://linux.2038bug.com/rute-home.html look under networking

[midol]

thanks, will try this tomorrow

D

[midol]

Thank you very much for your help, this worked very nicely just as you said. I will indeed spend time with rute

Dave

[hceylan]

You can also try typing sftp://username@host/path in nautilius address bar, which I love...

Hasan Ceylan