Re: [Sheflug] copy files off a vnc connection

[Peter Collier <pecb [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 01 January 2004 8:18 pm, Alex Hudson wrote:
> 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.
>

>
> 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.
>
Thanks for the replies. I've had a go at samba, which so far is showing my 
linux box from the win98 box but I havn't set things up write yet to write to 
it.
Had a go at using gftp and ssh to access my win98 box from my linux box but I 
get the message, connection refused, not worked out how to set the 
permissions.
Can't get the copy and paste to work yet via vnc.
I'll carry on working on the above ideas, great way of learning things.

Thanks all,
Peter C

___________________________________________________________________

Sheffield Linux User's Group -
http://www.sheflug.co.uk/mailfaq.html

  GNU the choice of a complete generation.