On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Gene Sais wrote: > you can always use samba or just ftp the files. >
There are several ways to accomplish the task of transferring data from Linux to MS Windoze. Some are quicker to implement, but may involve more effort in the long term, while others are more effort to setup, but involve much less work to use. It depends on how frequently you will need to transfer this data as to whether it's worth the extra effort. Samba is a package that lets you share files/folders from your Linux computer to your MS/Windoze computers through Network Neighborhood (now "My Network Places"). Long term, this might be easier, since you wouldn't have to first transfer the data to the Windows machines to use it; the data file would appear to be in a folder on a hard drive on the Windows machine. Printers can be shared, too. The Linux box can also get access to files on the MS Windows machines through network neighborhood with the smb client. Long term, this might be worth the effort to learn to do. Configuring smb is not too difficult in many situations, but can get quite complicated. If you have a few PC's and a Linux box on the same LAN and you don't care about user accounts and file access controls, it is very simple. (Look at the example of a "guest account" in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file.) If you want separate user names and passwords, then it can get slightly more complicated to set up. File transfers over the network can take place by running ftp service (wu_ftpd package) on the Linux box, running an ftp client (e.g. WS_FTP or c:\windows\ftp.exe) to get the file from the Linux box. Another alternative (more secure) is to use ssh/scp to copy files on the network. This means running sshd (openssh) on Linux and getting an ssh client program (e.g. putty) for your Doze box. There is a slight amount of configuration to do after installing wu_ftpd or openssh to enable your PC's to get the files in addition to getting a Doze client program. However, you asked (below) about the quickest way to do the file transfers: via floppy. You need to have a package installed on Linux called mtools. Then, you can use the mcopy command to write the data file to/from MS-DOS formatted floppy. > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/21/02 10:12AM >>> > Hi, > > Quite new to linux, i'd like to know how can I transfert data written on my > floppy > under linux throught win. > I don't yet understand system file very good...and i've got a network > printer. > My server is not still on it...I need to rpint things such as 'vi command > line', files... > > I've heard about > unix2dos > dos2linux > > But find nowhere as simple user... > > Thanks for your help > ism > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- *************************************************************************** Jerry Winegarden OIT/Technical Support Duke University [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www-jerry.oit.duke.edu *************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
