Re: [Sheflug] copy files off a vnc connection

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 20:04, Patrick Beaumont wrote:
> One option would be to install an ftp server or web server of some
> sort on the windows98 machine. I believe xitami web server might suit
> your needs. http://www.xitami.com/

Or you could quite easily go the other way - GNU/Linux systems tend to
have a lot of server functionality built in, compared to the rather
feature-starved Windows systems. So, why not treat the Win98 machine as
the client? FTP is an option, as is Apache HTTP. Even e-mail. You can
also get PuTTY and friends for Windows, which will allow you to copy
files using the secure SSH protocol.

> Using samba would also solve the problem but I have no idea how to set
> it up. Maybe the SAMBA website has some sort of documentation.

It does have some sort of documentation :) There are various how-tos,
and I believe the O'Reilly Samba book is available gratis in electronic
format. No need to mount the Windows machine either - you can make a
share available on the Linux server (or, just use your home directory
which will usually be setup by default) and just copy ad-hoc.

Also, don't forget that most VNC clients give you the ability to move
information from one clipboard to another: if you're just pulling small
pieces of text (URLs, for example) that can be invaluable. 

Cheers,

Alex.

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