On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 12:47 -0500, fredex wrote: > On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 06:43:32PM +0200, peter kostov wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 16:08 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > > > Dear All > > > > > > I need to send a 50MB file to someone. What is the simplest way of > > > doing that? I do not have any web-site to put the file for > > > downloading... Any ideas? Is it complicated to setup a secure ftp > > > server? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Paul > > Or like the old saying goes: "Never understimate the bandwidth of > a station wagon full of magnetic tapes!". So, my point is it might > be easier to just mail a CDROm with the data on it. > > Fred > > > If you have OpenSSH installed, I think it will not be complicated. But > > first read the man pages for ssh, sshd and ssh-keygen ('man ssh' and > > 'man sshd' and 'man ssh-keygen'). > > On Fedora it is very likely that you have all this installed and > > configured and you will have only to generate your keys. > > After you have working configuration on both machines you will need just > > a simple command like this: > > > > > > scp -P <portnumber> -C -i ./.ssh/id_rsa -r "username@hostname:path_to_remote_file_to_receive" path_to_local_file > > to receive a file, where -P is the port on which sshd listens, -C is compression enabled, -i points to the identity file, > > -r means recursive; > > > > scp -P <portnumber> -C -i ./.ssh/id_rsa -r path_to_local_file_to_send "username@IPaddress:path_to_remote_file" > > > > > > Peter Kostov > > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Why don't you try using GAIM and use your IM system of choice to transfer the file? Charlie