Baho Utot wrote: > On 01/27/2013 01:41 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> lux-integ wrote: >>> Greetings >>> >>> I need to transfer a few tBytes of data between two machines. Both have >>> vsftpd installed. I assumed that both had an ftp client as ftp was >>> part of one of the core programs of LFS/CLFS. Having set-up vsftpd >>> (server) >>> on the source-machine, on the destination-machine >>> at shell prompt I typed :- >>> >>> ftp [email protected] >>> >>> only to find I have no 'ftp (i.e. client) executible'. >>> >>> I have sftp but since it is only data between two neighbouring machines I >>> thought a simple even if insucure >>> method would suffice. Advice and suggestions on available ftp clients >>> would >>> be much appreciated. >> I suggest setting up rsyncd on the source machine and use rsync on the >> destination system. A second backup then becomes much simpler.
> Since ssh is installed, one can use rsync without the need for rsyncd, just > rsync -var <from path> <remote>:to_path > rsync will then use ssh for the connection Since the size was multi-TB and local, I felt a non-encrypted connection would use less resources. In many cases, your suggestion is good. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
