On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 17:59 -0600, lin q wrote: > Hi, > I just installed Fedora Core 3 on my laptop and I selected network support > in installing. This laptop is basically used for me to try out Linux. I will > not use this laptop to connect to any network, the only use of its ethernet > connection is for me to transfer some big files to other machine. And I have > some problem here. > > I use a crossover cable to connect this laptop to my PC which is on my > employer network, this PC is running Windows XP. I have cygwin installed on > the PC. > > I name the laptop IP address as 1.2.3.4 when i installed Fedora, obviously > such address is not accessible from PC, so I run this command to add it to > the routing table of PC, Would be better off using an IP address in one of the private ranges so it doesn't get routed. http://www.michna.com/kb/IpAddressesPrivate.htm > Route add 1.2.3.4 mask 255.255.255.255 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx metric 1 if 3 > > "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" is the PC gateway address. > > Now from PC I ping 1.2.3.4 good, this basically tells me that IP connection > between PC and laptop through crossover cable is good. > > Then I think I can run rcp to copy files, so in cygwin I run this, > rcp file_1 1.2.3.4.my_login_in_laptop: > > But what I get is: > 1.2.3.4:Connection refused My guess is either a firewall problem or nothing is listening on port 135 on the FC side. Have you tried "service iptables stop"? > I check the web and it seems i need to set up ~/.rhosts in laptop, but isn't > true that it is only needed if I do not want to input password? Anyway, I > created the file in laptop and its content is simply as, > + + > > this is to trust anyone on any machine, right? > > But rcp still has the same problem, connection refused. > > Is there any simple way to set up for rcp to run? I prefer not to bother > about those dauting services like domain name resolution, you can see that > my application is only a copy over crossover cable. Even on this setup you would be well advised to use scp or "rsync -- rsh=ssh ...". The rlogin family has severe and well-known security problems. Cygwin supports both ssh/scp and rsync. Phil
