can't transfer files between networked YDL boxes

[Ron Smith]

I don't think that YDL enables FTP by default.

Do you have ssh running? If so you can scp (secure copy) the files from 
one machine to the other. This is a bit overkill since it is *highly* 
unlikely that anyone is going to intercept your data over a crossover 
cable, but it might be easier than starting up ftpd. Plus you won't 
have the security liability of having ftp running when you do end up 
connecting them to the public network.

If you are not familiar with ssh, it is basically a secure replacement 
for telnet. From the user perspective it works just like telnet. Under 
the hood it is really creating an encrypted session between the two 
machines and *never* sends your password across the network in plain 
text (telnet does).

Instead of:
telnet machine2.mydomain.com

you would:
ssh machine2.mydomain.com

Or you telnet/ssh directly to the IP address instead of by domain name. 
The first time you use ssh to a particular machine it will ask you if 
you want to accept the key from the remote machine. After that it is 
just like telnet in that it will ask for your password, then you are 
logged in with your normal prompt and at  your home directory.

As long as ssh works, scp will work too. If ssh is running and you want 
to give that a try it is a good way to transfer files. Unlike ftp it 
will give you the status of the file transfer (% complete). It can be a 
little tricky at first so if you can't figure it out from the scp  man 
page, let me know and I will try to explain it more clearly.

On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 12:25 PM, David Purdy wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I have two macs running YDL (3.0 on BeigeG3 and 2.3 on
> 7600/233).  The are connected via crossover cable, set
> with IP addresses, and they ping each other with 0%
> signal loss.  (Later I will be setting them and
> several others up on a router, for a small home/office
> network, mixture of MacOSX and YDL 3.0).
>
> I want to transfer files between the two via ftp or
> some other method. I am sure (from pinging) that they
> are network-connected.  But when I try to ftp from
> either machine into the other to get something I get
> an error message in from ftp, saying 'connection
> refused', from either side.
>
> How can I transfer successfully (and hopefully,
> painlessly)?  Is there something more that I have to
> do with setup & installation?  Does there have to be a
> ftp service listed in the services configuration
> panel?  How do I set this all up?
>
>
> Note: I know how to and can currently transfer between
> a MacOS machine and a YDL box, using atalk/netatalk.
> That part works just fine.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Purdy
>
>
>
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