On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:28:05 +0100 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 03:21:16PM -0400, Robert Heller wrote: > > At Sun, 26 Oct 2025 19:37:02 +0100 Hans <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I might be missing something here, why don't you use the SMB > > > > protocol? > > > > > > Well, I did not say, that I do not want to use it? I said, I do > > > not want to add an extra(!) protocol. > > > > "SMB" is what is also known as NetBIOS and is the *native* file and > > printer sharing protocol under MS-Windows. *Every* MS-Windows > > machine has this installed as part of the base operating system. > > But you have to enable the "server functionality" (however that is > called in Microsoftese, I think something something share folder) to > make Hans happy. > > He has not been very explicit, but I read between lines that he wants > to sit at the Linux-side command line.
He has not even said whether this transfer is to be across the Internet. SMB/CIFS has been encrypted for many years, but it is still not considered an appropriate thing to open a network firewall to. It may be possible to reach it through some variant of https, I've been out of the Windows Server business for many years, and have no idea what they're using it for today. > > Otherwise, Hans, Windows comes these days with an SSH client, so > trying, from a Windows console, to do "scp" might fit your bill. > > Yes, but I suspect it needs to be enabled, maybe with 'add features to Windows' or similar. I have the impression he has no admin access to the Windows machine. He also says that the transfer must be initiated from Linux. I don't think what he wants is possible, particularly if required across the Net. This is exactly the kind of thing that IT security policies exist to prevent. -- Joe
