XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-07-09 03:23, Paul R Schmidtbleicher wrote:   
   > On 7/8/25 12:36 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2025-07-08 17:14, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>> On 08/07/2025 15:28, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:   
      
      
   >>> Who said it was world-accessible?   
   >>   
   >> He did.   
   >>   
   > Please Note: The two computers are in two separate rooms in the same   
   > house and on the same home fiber router (192.168.x.x)  The intent is to   
   > share files internally for time spent to move them and then shut off the   
   > FTP.  No outside use at all.   
      
   Ok, thanks for the clarification, the remote computer is in fact local.   
      
      
   That said, as you are using openSUSE, and if you actually do want FTP,   
   the easiest route is using the tool YaST to install and configure an FTP   
   server, which is vsftpd. And you have a well written book chapter to   
   help you along:   
      
      
      
      
   Otherwise, it is far easier to use ssh type tools. You don't have to   
   install nor setup anything, they are already installed (as long as you   
   replied "YES" to the question during system install to install and run   
   sshd⁽¹⁾).   
      
   scp (1)              - OpenSSH secure file copy   
      
   As simple as doing:   
      
   scp username@from_host:file.txt /local/directory/   
      
   You have more examples on   
   , for instance.   
      
      
   Or you can use:   
      
         sftp — OpenSSH secure file transfer   
      
      
   Which is a client tool similar in use to ftp. Again, you don't need to   
   configure the server (the "remote" machine in your parlance). There are   
   GUI file browsers that can present you with sftp transparently. Or a TUI   
   like 'mc'.   
      
      
   Finally, there is "sshfs". Again, no configuration on the server, at   
   all. In the client, you run:   
      
      sshfs   NAME@192.168.1.14:/ ~/fusermount/   
      
   Where the directory "fusermount" or anyother name you choose must exist   
   and should be empty. The root filesystem (or any other) of the server   
   machine appears insude ~/fusermount/   
      
   When finished, you run:   
      
       fusermount -u ~/fusermount   
      
   to severe the connection when finished. The advantage of this tool is   
   that you can point any tool to ~/fusermount in order to use files as if   
   they are local. Any tool, like LibreOffice, for instance.   
      
      
   All these tools from the ssh family have the advantage of not needing   
   any configuration, aside from answering YES during the initial system   
   installation. It is a single tcp port, the 22. And the connection is   
   encrypted, it is Internet safe.   
      
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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