Method 1: use ssh1. Install ssh in the two ubuntu computers For Ubuntu 8.04: 2. Find out your IP address 3. Connect * If the Host key verification failed, you need to delete the file "known_hosts" at: /home/user*/.ssh/ http://linuxowns.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/share-files-between-2-ubuntu-c... Method 2: use giverGiver allows you to drag and drop files to users on your network. It will also automatically detect other Giver users on your network. When you drag a file, or multiple files, to a user represented by an avatar on the Giver window, the files are automatically transferred. The recipient of the files is warned that a user wishes to send files. The user can accept or decline them. To install giver in ubuntu:
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How secure is this? I just
How secure is this?
I just did this between two ubuntu pcs in the same room and did not realize it was dependent on the internet connection until I disconnected the cable modem.
Is there a way to do this simply through the router without going God knows where just to connect to a computer in the same room.
It is secure
It is secure:
1. Your IP addresses are not accessible by internet users.
2. Even you use fix IP, it requires passwords to access.
you are the best
Tank you.
Sharing files over the Internet
Does this work outside the Local Area Network? Say I use a static IP service (such as no-ip) on one of my machines, will this method work that way? Or, does it only work in a LAN?
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Thank you for this simple illustration of how to share files between two ubuntu computers. I have been looking for this for several weeks. I ran into all kind of fourms explaining how to edit various files and use other complicated commands. As a non-technical computer user I have been overwhelmed. It is amazing that this is so simple, yet others have made it sound so complicated. It works great!