Connect linux PC to linux PC

[jim lawrence]

On Apr 4, 2005 3:22 PM, Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com> wrote:
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> jim lawrence wrote:
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> | Is there a GUI for ssh it is running on the Desktop now
> | For me just to connect to it, and maybe browse it?  then copy files to
> | and from ?
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> If you want this GUI type stuff, you need to install KDE.
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> | ssh work for this?
> 
> ssh itself is mainly used to literally log into a remote machine and get
> a shell.
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> However it comes with this other program scp, which allows the encrypted
> file transfer action between machines.
> 
> So what you can do is
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> ssh username at hostname
> 
> to get a remote shell, where you can use cd, ls -l, and whatever to poke
> around on the remote server to see what is where, and then when you
> identify the file you need to copy, run scp as I described before in a
> second terminal window.
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> - -Andy
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ok I get a timeout error 
[jim at JimsNotebook ~]$ ssh jim at 192.169.1.50
ssh: connect to host 192.169.1.50 port 22: Connection timed out
I tried the Pc's name but didn't recognize it Bummer :(
[jim at JimsNotebook ~]$ ssh jim at localhost
ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused
[jim at JimsNotebook ~]$

 
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Jim Lawrence
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