I'm in process of trying Rick Stevens's suggestion, next time I
get back to that machine. Anybody happen to know a way to c&p between
machines on a KVM switch? Or even whether a quick way exists? (scp -r for
whole files is fine, but a bit like sledge-hammering a gnat for single
commands.)


if the package sshfs is installed then:

sshfs /home/[user]/[directory of remote PC/ /home/[user]/Directory of Local PC]

this has always been the easiest since it shows in the GUI file manager making for quick cut/paste operations.

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Fred