From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 9 20:54:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B23BC16A41F for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 20:54:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30C1D13C4AD for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 20:54:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l69KsENt035904; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:54:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l69KsD7I035903; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:54:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:54:13 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Garrett Cooper Message-ID: <20070709205413.GD35545@thought.org> References: <20070709004641.GA28114@thought.org> <4691C79C.80806@boosten.org> <4691CB5A.2050208@u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4691CB5A.2050208@u.washington.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List , Peter Boosten Subject: Re: severely OT; re PUTTY [ssh] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:54:20 -0000 On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 10:44:58PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > Peter Boosten wrote: > >Gary Kline wrote: > > > >> I was able to find, ldown load and instal the DOS/Windows ssh > >> utility, but am having trouble scp'ing stuff between my BSD side > >> and my W2K server. Anybody know what file I have to modify to > >> get permission on the windows computer? > >> > > > >Gary, > > > >Search for winscp, a (free) graphical drag&drop scp tool. > >I've seen some limitations with scp of putty (like file sizes over 2 Gigs). > > > >Peter > > > Gary, > If you're just trying to do file transferring/sharing in a local > 'secure' network, I suggest Samba in place of scp. You might also want > to consider Samba + VPN as well; scp is great for porting files over > long distances, or a last resort for dealing with Unix <=> Windows > transferring, but just seems incredibly kludgey when dealing with > files/directories otherwise (having to maintain an ssh connection, > having to install a scp/ssh client per machine for instance are what I > consider kludgey). Samba and the like are entirely foreign to me since I avoid anything Windows. B-u-t, we have a new HP printer/copier/scanner/ on the W2K box, and I'd like to scan in photo and other stuff and scp them across the CAT5. Soooooo. gary PS: a personal note---how's the summer-of-coding going? I'm hoping that new young blood can make major improvments in keeping FBSD easier to keep current. I'm almost abandoning Ubuntu for your Dell because things there under Gnome Just Work. :-) Please 'cuse the drift, folks.... > Cheers, > -Garrett > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix