I must be missing something basic

[Steven Stern]

On 04/23/2013 06:05 PM, Dave Stevens wrote:
> I want to transfer a dvd image from my laptop (ubuntu 12.04.2) to my fedora 18 box that has selinux disabled. Wired connection to my router allows F18 to browse to U12 and see the file and right click copy, but trying to paste into a folder in my /home/dave directory gives a terse 'permission denied.'
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> Ideas? will Read TFM if pointed.
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Short term work around -- can you scp from your laptop to the desktop?
If ssh is working, you should be able to scp.

Longer term -- how are you sharing files from your laptop?

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-- Steve