bluetooth file transfer issue in Debian Jessie

2015-05-11 Thread daniele.g
Hi to all I've got a problem with the bluetooth file transfer, my Jessie linux box denies accepting files via BT, and I don't know why: sysconfig log doesn't return any error. The local service config dialog related to file transfer from the bluetooth-applet is empty, and it shoul

Bluetooth file transfer on jessie

2015-04-14 Thread David Wright
Hi, I transfer the photos off my mobile using bluetooth on wheezy and I'm trying to do the same on jessie and having some difficulty. Under wheezy, things are simple: 1) # /usr/sbin/hciconfig hci0 piscan makes the laptop discoverable. 2) $ bluetooth-agent 1234 sets a passkey to connect to the la

Re: File transfer

2015-02-28 Thread Joe
On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:48:25 -0500 Maureen L Thomas wrote: > If I understand you correctly then I only back up data, not the > system. You have an excellent point and although I have never, so far > at least, had a large problem losing my system or data I do see the > advantage to doing just what

Re: File transfer

2015-02-28 Thread David Christensen
On 02/28/2015 07:07 AM, David Wright wrote: I don't know how to "have a look around. If everything looks good, proceed with using the computer." Not a clue. I call that the "smoke test" -- boot, log in, start some terminals, run some commands, start some applications, play some games, start t

Re: File transfer

2015-02-28 Thread David Wright
Quoting David Christensen (dpchr...@holgerdanske.com): > Verifying the image by wiping the system drive and then restoring the image: > > 1. Wipe the system drive using your tool of choice (such as the > drive manufacturer's bootable utility disc). > > 2. Perform imaging steps 1 through 7, abov

Re: File transfer

2015-02-27 Thread David Christensen
On 02/27/2015 07:48 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: If I understand you correctly then I only back up data, not the system. You have an excellent point and although I have never, so far at least, had a large problem losing my system or data I do see the advantage to doing just what you have said. I

Re: File transfer

2015-02-27 Thread Maureen L Thomas
If I understand you correctly then I only back up data, not the system. You have an excellent point and although I have never, so far at least, had a large problem losing my system or data I do see the advantage to doing just what you have said. I will be buying the book you suggested and hop

Re: File transfer

2015-02-27 Thread David Christensen
On 02/26/2015 07:46 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: [Why] back up a new install? 1. To integrate the machine into your backup procedures and make sure it is being backed up correctly, so that you can trust it with your data moving forward. 2. To have a baseline to compare changes to. 3. To

Re: File transfer

2015-02-27 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:55:04 -0500 Celejar wrote: > > > > Wouldn't you need a crossover cable to do that? > > > > > > > > Unless they installed really braindead 15-years old NICs at both > > > > laptops - no, one does not need crossover cable. > > > > Although, given the existence of some

Re: File transfer

2015-02-27 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 09:29:21 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:48:52 -0500 > Celejar wrote: > > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:44:19 +0300 > > Reco wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:37:30 -0800 > > > Pete Ley wrote: > > > > > > > Wouldn't you need a cros

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 02/27/2015 12:49 AM, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20150226_2246-0500, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 02/26/2015 09:55 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 02/25/2015 11:06 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I bought a new Toshiba lap top and want to copy the files from my old Toshiba lap top to the new one. T

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:48:52 -0500 Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:44:19 +0300 > Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:37:30 -0800 > > Pete Ley wrote: > > > > > Wouldn't you need a crossover cable to do that? > > > > Unless they installed really braindead 15-ye

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20150226_2246-0500, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > > On 02/26/2015 09:55 PM, David Christensen wrote: > >On 02/25/2015 11:06 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > >>I bought a new Toshiba lap top and want to copy the files from my old > >>Toshiba lap top to the new one. They both have Debian, the latest >

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 02/26/2015 09:55 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 02/25/2015 11:06 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I bought a new Toshiba lap top and want to copy the files from my old Toshiba lap top to the new one. They both have Debian, the latest version, so can I just hook up usb to usb and copy that way?

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread David Christensen
On 02/25/2015 11:06 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I bought a new Toshiba lap top and want to copy the files from my old Toshiba lap top to the new one. They both have Debian, the latest version, so can I just hook up usb to usb and copy that way? If so would I need a certain command to do it? Just

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:44:19 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:37:30 -0800 > Pete Ley wrote: > > > Wouldn't you need a crossover cable to do that? > > Unless they installed really braindead 15-years old NICs at both > laptops - no, one does not need crossover cable. > Althou

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:04:14 -0600 David Wright wrote: > Quoting Reco (recovery...@gmail.com): > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 08:07:46AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:57:39 +0100 > > > Jochen Spieker wrote: > > > > > > > > Why not just connect directly RJ45 to RJ4

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread David Wright
Quoting Reco (recovery...@gmail.com): > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 08:07:46AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:57:39 +0100 > > Jochen Spieker wrote: > > > > > > Why not just connect directly RJ45 to RJ45 ? > > > > > The only reason I didn't mention that possibility is that

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread David Wright
Quoting Maureen L Thomas (silverorbspin...@tampabay.rr.com): > I bought a new Toshiba lap top and want to copy the files from my > old Toshiba lap top to the new one. They both have Debian, the > latest version, so can I just hook up usb to usb and copy that way? > If so would I need a certain com

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Doug
On 02/26/2015 11:37 AM, Pete Ley wrote: Wouldn't you need a crossover cable to do that? Not if he's on a LAN and goes thru a router. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015, Pete Ley wrote: > Wouldn't you need a crossover cable to do that? Any relatively modern piece of networking kit (and almost anything that can do 1000bT) will auto-sense, so no crossover cable is needed. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com It ca

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:37:30 -0800 Pete Ley wrote: > Wouldn't you need a crossover cable to do that? Unless they installed really braindead 15-years old NICs at both laptops - no, one does not need crossover cable. Although, given the existence of some horrible companies like D-Link, Trend

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Pete Ley
Wouldn't you need a crossover cable to do that? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87a900vdbp@enterprise.sectorq.net

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 08:07:46AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:57:39 +0100 > Jochen Spieker wrote: > > > >> If you have a home router or a switch with at least two Ethernet ports, > > >> then the easiest way is probably to install openssh-server on one of the > > >

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Curt
On 2015-02-26, Floris wrote: >> > An other solution is take the old hard drive out of the laptop and > put it in the new one. One downside, you must have a spare slot > or replace the optical drive with the hard disk. > > Success, > > floris > > Or for the less mechnically-inclined, seeing that b

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Floris
Op Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:06:46 +0100 schreef Maureen L Thomas : I bought a new Toshiba lap top and want to copy the files from my old Toshiba lap top to the new one. They both have Debian, the latest version, so can I just hook up usb to usb and copy that way? If so would I need a certain

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Ron
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:57:39 +0100 Jochen Spieker wrote: > >> If you have a home router or a switch with at least two Ethernet ports, > >> then the easiest way is probably to install openssh-server on one of the > >> two laptops and use scp or rsync from the other laptop. > > Why not just conn

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Rusi Mody
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 1:00:04 PM UTC+5:30, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I bought a new Toshiba lap top and want to copy the files from my old > Toshiba lap top to the new one. They both have Debian, the latest > version, so can I just hook up usb to usb and copy that way? If so would >

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Jochen Spieker
> Jochen Spieker wrote: > >> If you have a home router or a switch with at least two Ethernet ports, >> then the easiest way is probably to install openssh-server on one of the >> two laptops and use scp or rsync from the other laptop. > > Why not just connect directly RJ45 to RJ45 ? The only r

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Ron
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:24:57 +0100 Jochen Spieker wrote: > If you have a home router or a switch with at least two Ethernet ports, > then the easiest way is probably to install openssh-server on one of the > two laptops and use scp or rsync from the other laptop. Why not just connect directly RJ

Re: File transfer

2015-02-26 Thread Jochen Spieker
Maureen L Thomas: > > I bought a new Toshiba lap top and want to copy the files from my old > Toshiba lap top to the new one. They both have Debian, the latest version, > so can I just hook up usb to usb and copy that way? No, that won't work. USB uses a master/slave model and both of your laptop

File transfer

2015-02-25 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I bought a new Toshiba lap top and want to copy the files from my old Toshiba lap top to the new one. They both have Debian, the latest version, so can I just hook up usb to usb and copy that way? If so would I need a certain command to do it? Just a thought to make it easier since the old on

Re: File transfer between Debian Wheezy Xfce and iPad, iPod, iPhone

2015-01-07 Thread John L. Cunningham
On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 11:26:50AM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > I would like to transfer files between Debian Wheezy Xfce computers > (i386 and amd64) and iOS devices (iPod, iPad, iPhone). > > > > > When I touch "Trust", there is activity in the icons in the > upper-right

Re: File transfer between Debian Wheezy Xfce and iPad, iPod, iPhone

2015-01-07 Thread Stephen Allen
On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 11:26:50AM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > I would like to transfer files between Debian Wheezy Xfce computers (i386 > and amd64) and iOS devices (iPod, iPad, iPhone). > > > On Debian, I have installed: > > libimobiledevice-utils > I haven't had an

File transfer between Debian Wheezy Xfce and iPad, iPod, iPhone

2015-01-02 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I would like to transfer files between Debian Wheezy Xfce computers (i386 and amd64) and iOS devices (iPod, iPad, iPhone). On Debian, I have installed: libimobiledevice-utils When I connect the charging cable between an iPad Mini (Model A1489) and a USB 2.0 port on a Debi

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-08 Thread tor...@riseup.net
On Jun 2, 2012 7:51 AM, "Aubrey Raech" wrote: > Any and all advice/recommendations are appreciated! You could have a look at retroshare and tonido. Both are not in Debian repositories. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Jun 2012 at 02:28:43 -0700, Aubrey Raech wrote: > On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:07:15 -0400 > Miles Fidelman wrote: > > > here's another interesting one: > > http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html > > > > From the description: > > > > --- > > Woof (Web Offer One File) tries a diff

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:51:12 -0700, Aubrey Raech wrote: > Sometimes I have the need to send files that are too large for email to > a friend directly (such as recordings of music I am working on, or > similar projects). I'm wondering if there is a program that I could use > for direct transfer, ho

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Rob Owens
On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 02:31:02AM -0700, Aubrey Raech wrote: > On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:16:19 +0100 > Chris Davies wrote: > > > 7. Use rsync (over ssh) or sftp to copy the files. Remember to tell > > them to use port 10022 (or whatever you decided in #1) instead of the > > default port 22. >

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Rob Owens
On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 08:41:40AM +0100, Chris Davies wrote: > Rob Owens wrote: > > I agree with using ssh, but I'd configure it to force sftp upon login > > like this: > > I figured I'd frighten the OP if I added too much complexity. > Fair enough! > > > It's simpler to just AllowUsers user1

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Miles Fidelman
Aubrey Raech wrote: On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:07:15 -0400 Miles Fidelman wrote: here's another interesting one: http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html Woof is excellent! Woof's also in the debian package repositories, as is fex (from your previous message). Thank you for finding these, tr

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:41:40 +0100 Chris Davies wrote: > Rob Owens wrote: > > I agree with using ssh, but I'd configure it to force sftp upon > > login like this: > > I figured I'd frighten the OP if I added too much complexity. Yes. :-/ > > >

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 18:24:22 -0500 "Christofer C. Bell" wrote: [snip] > > That said, there have been a number of suggestions towards modifying > the OP's requirements and I'm interested in seeing the reasoning > behind the requirements themselves.

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:16:19 +0100 Chris Davies wrote: > Aubrey Raech wrote: > > Sometimes I have the need to send files that are too large for > > email to a friend directly [...] > > > 1. Not a proper server (http, ftp) > > 2. No usernames? (scp,

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:10:53 +0300 Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 02.06.2012 09:21, Aubrey Raech wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 08:08:44 +0200 > > Tom Rausner wrote: > > > >> Dropbox ? > > > > Ah, and avoiding third-party servers was also a hopeful :-/ I'd > > prefer not to have my files "out the

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 20:28:22 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 09:34:55 -0500, green wrote: > > > Brian, you seem to be assuming that the router has a public IP (on > > the WAN side), which is often not true. Unfortunately, many ISPs > > pr

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 23:16:09 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 15:27:15 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > > Brian wrote: > > > > I guess it depends on which packages you tell the installer to > > load. One of the options is "web server," but

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:07:15 -0400 Miles Fidelman wrote: > here's another interesting one: > http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html > > From the description: > > --- > Woof (Web Offer One File) tries a different approach. It assumes that

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Chris Davies
Brian wrote: > ssh is a waste of time and effort in the circumstances as we know them. I wasn't suggesting ssh as an application. I was recommending ssh as a transport, on which one would layer an application such as WinSCP or FileZilla. But others are already making this point so I'll sit back

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Chris Davies
Rob Owens wrote: > I agree with using ssh, but I'd configure it to force sftp upon login > like this: I figured I'd frighten the OP if I added too much complexity. > It's simpler to just AllowUsers user1 user2 user3 Fair point in the circumstances. >> 6. Make sure that your password, and yo

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Sat, 2 Jun 2012 18:24:22 -0500 "Christofer C. Bell" napísal: > The point, however, is that there is no file transfer method that > meets her requirements. > > 1. No dedicated server (no web, no sftp, no ftp, NFS, Samba, etc). > 2. No usernames/logins (no sf

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 03:16:19PM +0100, Chris Davies wrote: > Aubrey Raech wrote: > > Sometimes I have the need to send files that are too large for email to > > a friend directly [...] > > > 1. Not a proper server (http, ftp) > > 2. No usernames? (scp, rsync) > > 3. Preferably does not require

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Miles Fidelman
here's another interesting one: http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html From the description: --- Woof (Web Offer One File) tries a different approach. It assumes that everybody has a web-browser or a commandline web-client installed. Woof is a small simple stupid webserver that can ea

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Miles Fidelman
use. The point, however, is that there is no file transfer method that meets her requirements. 1. No dedicated server (no web, no sftp, no ftp, NFS, Samba, etc). 2. No usernames/logins (no sftp, scp, no ftp, etc, see above) 3. No chat protocols (no IM, no IRC) 4. No external 3rd party service (drop

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Miles Fidelman
Brian wrote: On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 22:48:57 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 02 iun 12, 18:12:03, Brian wrote: There appears to be no advantage in using sshd in this situation. The idea of having to guide her through configuring a router and using ssh (on a Windows machine, incidentally) do

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Christofer C. Bell
se out of the box not only in Debian but any modern Linux/Unix. *Everything else* requires effort to setup and use. The point, however, is that there is no file transfer method that meets her requirements. 1. No dedicated server (no web, no sftp, no ftp, NFS, Samba, etc). 2. No usernames/logins (n

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 22:48:57 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 02 iun 12, 18:12:03, Brian wrote: > > > > There appears to be no advantage in using sshd in this situation. The > > idea of having to guide her through configuring a router and using ssh > > (on a Windows machine, incidentally)

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 15:27:15 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Brian wrote: > > I guess it depends on which packages you tell the installer to load. > One of the options is "web server," but I haven't set up a desktop > installation lately (all my Debian is server-side), so I'm not really >

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 02 iun 12, 18:12:03, Brian wrote: > > There appears to be no advantage in using sshd in this situation. The > idea of having to guide her through configuring a router and using ssh > (on a Windows machine, incidentally) doesn't bear thinking about for one > thing. 1. Why would the client h

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 09:34:55 -0500, green wrote: > Brian, you seem to be assuming that the router has a public IP (on the WAN > side), which is often not true. Unfortunately, many ISPs provide their > customers with only private/local IPs behind NAT; inbound connections are > therefore not p

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Miles Fidelman
Brian wrote: On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 09:14:12 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: Aubrey Raech wrote: 1. Not a proper server (http, ftp) Pretty much all modern o/s's come with both a web server and ftp pre-installed. It's a matter of turning them on, and configuring them (if your target is running a

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread green
t static. However, if the user sits behind a > > NAT or something similar that blocks incoming connections, a third > > party certainly is required (such as a file transfer proxy for XMPP). > > Port forwarding? ...a possible but less viable option when NAT happens at the ISP router

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread green
Brian wrote at 2012-06-02 08:13 -0500: > On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 12:41:22 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: > > Do you have a have public IP address (either IPv4 or IPv6)? If > > that is not the case, you will need a third party in order to > > establish the connection. > > A third party is not required.

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 09:14:12 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Aubrey Raech wrote: >> >> 1. Not a proper server (http, ftp) > > Pretty much all modern o/s's come with both a web server and ftp > pre-installed. It's a matter of turning them on, and configuring them > (if your target is running

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ng similar that blocks incoming connections, a third > party certainly is required (such as a file transfer proxy for XMPP). Port forwarding? Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtop

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 15:16:19 +0100, Chris Davies wrote: > Yes. A "proper" server (http, ftp, ssh) would satisfy this requirement > but you've excluded those with #1, #2. If your PCs can have Internet > facing ports configured, I'd go for ssh/rsync every time. I have a similar, if not exactly th

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread hvw59601
Miles Fidelman wrote: Aubrey Raech wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Debian users! Sometimes I have the need to send files that are too large for email to a friend directly (such as recordings of music I am working on, or similar projects). I'm wondering if there is a

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Chris Davies
Aubrey Raech wrote: > Sometimes I have the need to send files that are too large for email to > a friend directly [...] > 1. Not a proper server (http, ftp) > 2. No usernames? (scp, rsync) > 3. Preferably does not require a chat protocol (XMPP, IRC's DCC) > - From what I can find it seems like X

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 02.06.2012 09:21, Aubrey Raech wrote: > On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 08:08:44 +0200 > Tom Rausner wrote: > >> Dropbox ? > > Ah, and avoiding third-party servers was also a hopeful :-/ I'd prefer > not to have my files "out there" on the web... more of a direct > person-to-person transfer. > > I've als

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Claudius Hubig
even if it is not static. However, if the user sits behind a NAT or something similar that blocks incoming connections, a third party certainly is required (such as a file transfer proxy for XMPP). Lacking more information from the OP, speculation is all I can do, though. Best regards, Claudius -

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Miles Fidelman
Aubrey Raech wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Debian users! Sometimes I have the need to send files that are too large for email to a friend directly (such as recordings of music I am working on, or similar projects). I'm wondering if there is a program that I could us

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 12:41:22 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Aubrey Raech wrote: > > > > Any and all advice/recommendations are appreciated! > > Do you have a have public IP address (either IPv4 or IPv6)? If > that is not the case, you will need a third party in order to > establish the connec

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Claudius Hubig
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hello Aubrey, Aubrey Raech wrote: > 1. Not a proper server (http, ftp) > 2. No usernames? (scp, rsync) > 3. Preferably does not require a chat protocol (XMPP, IRC's DCC) > > - From what I can find it seems like XMPP would probably be the best bet

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Jun 2012 at 22:51:12 -0700, Aubrey Raech wrote: > Sometimes I have the need to send files that are too large for email to > a friend directly (such as recordings of music I am working on, or > similar projects). I'm wondering if there is a program that I could use > for direct transfer,

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-01 Thread rjc
On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 07:08:44AM BST, Tom Rausner wrote: > Dropbox ? OP explicitly mentioned "direct" so it rules Dropbox out. Dropbox is closed source and only works on Intel-compatible platform so it rules it out for me for example. nc (netcat) is what the user is looking for. Cheers, -- rj

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-01 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 08:08:44 +0200 Tom Rausner wrote: > Dropbox ? Ah, and avoiding third-party servers was also a hopeful :-/ I'd prefer not to have my files "out there" on the web... more of a direct person-to-person transfer. I've also considered

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-01 Thread Tom Rausner
Dropbox ? On Jun 2, 2012 7:51 AM, "Aubrey Raech" wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello Debian users! > > Sometimes I have the need to send files that are too large for email to > a friend directly (such as recordings of music I am working on, or > similar projects). I

Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-01 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Debian users! Sometimes I have the need to send files that are too large for email to a friend directly (such as recordings of music I am working on, or similar projects). I'm wondering if there is a program that I could use for direct transfer,

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 5.1.4 Restricing access to file transfer only

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:25:53, Stayvoid wrote: > Hello. > > "... Give users a restricted shell such as scponly or rssh. These > shells restrict the commands available to the users so that they are > not provided any remote execution privileges." > Is it really necessary? Do you (plan to) have users

Securing Debian Manual: 5.1.4 Restricing access to file transfer only

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. "... Give users a restricted shell such as scponly or rssh. These shells restrict the commands available to the users so that they are not provided any remote execution privileges." Is it really necessary? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-sec-services.en.html Che

Re: file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case

2010-05-28 Thread H.S.
Daniel Barclay wrote: > H.S. wrote: >> ... >> When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to >> my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the >> time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred >> and not when they were origina

Re: file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case

2010-05-28 Thread Daniel Barclay
H.S. wrote: ... When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred and not when they were originally created. How do I avoid these an

Re: file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case

2010-05-28 Thread H.S.
Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 28 May 2010 12:50:15 -0400, H.S. wrote: > >> When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to >> my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the >> time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred >> and

Re: file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case

2010-05-28 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 May 2010 12:50:15 -0400, H.S. wrote: > When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to > my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the > time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred > and not when they were origi

file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case

2010-05-28 Thread H.S.
Hello. When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred and not when they were originally created. How do I avoid these and get lowe

Re: size problem of large file transfer over https

2009-03-26 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In , H.S. wrote: >>> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: If the Content-Length is correct, it is a problem client-side. If the Content-Length is incorrect, it is a problem server-side. >>> I gave it a shot myself with my own machine using Iceape b

Re: size problem of large file transfer over https

2009-03-26 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:36:19PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > In , H.S. wrote: > >> I have a large data tar file of 4.4 GB. I have made it available over > >> https to be downloaded by the recipient. This is on a Debian Sid, 2.6.26 [snip] > > If the Content-Length is c

Re: [work around] Re: size problem of large file transfer over https

2009-03-26 Thread H.S.
Rob Starling wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 01:27:27PM -0400, H.S. wrote: >> Well, I split the tar file to smaller chunks of 680M each (using the >> split command). >> $> split -d -b 680M /tmp/datafile.tar datfile > ... > > just be sure that the * expands to the names of the files in the > righ

Re: [work around] Re: size problem of large file transfer over https

2009-03-26 Thread Rob Starling
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 01:27:27PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > Well, I split the tar file to smaller chunks of 680M each (using the > split command). > $> split -d -b 680M /tmp/datafile.tar datfile ... > The only problem is that the remote user uses Windows and will need a > method to join them together

[work around] Re: size problem of large file transfer over https

2009-03-26 Thread H.S.
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In , H.S. wrote: >> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> >>> If the Content-Length is correct, it is a problem client-side. If the >>> Content-Length is incorrect, it is a problem server-side. >> I gave it a shot myself with my own machine using Iceape browser and I >>

Re: size problem of large file transfer over https

2009-03-26 Thread H.S.
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In , H.S. wrote: >> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> >>> If the Content-Length is correct, it is a problem client-side. If the >>> Content-Length is incorrect, it is a problem server-side. >> I gave it a shot myself with my own machine using Iceape browser and I >>

Re: size problem of large file transfer over https

2009-03-26 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , H.S. wrote: >Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In , H.S. wrote: >>> I have a large data tar file of 4.4 GB. I have made it available over >>> https to be downloaded by the recipient. This is on a Debian Sid, >>> 2.6.26 kernel and the partition is ext3. >>> >>> When the remote user clicks on tha

Re: size problem of large file transfer over https

2009-03-26 Thread H.S.
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In , H.S. wrote: >> I have a large data tar file of 4.4 GB. I have made it available over >> https to be downloaded by the recipient. This is on a Debian Sid, 2.6.26 >> kernel and the partition is ext3. >> >> When the remote user clicks on that download link, his bro

Re: size problem of large file transfer over https

2009-03-26 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , H.S. wrote: >I have a large data tar file of 4.4 GB. I have made it available over >https to be downloaded by the recipient. This is on a Debian Sid, 2.6.26 >kernel and the partition is ext3. > >When the remote user clicks on that download link, his browser is >showing the file size to be only

size problem of large file transfer over https

2009-03-26 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have a large data tar file of 4.4 GB. I have made it available over https to be downloaded by the recipient. This is on a Debian Sid, 2.6.26 kernel and the partition is ext3. When the remote user clicks on that download link, his browser is showing the file size to be only around 130 MB.

Re: file transfer information

2007-11-20 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/20/07 09:48, Bob Cox wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 11/19/07 16:06, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>> Ron Johnson wrote: On 11/18/07 22:19, hce wrote: > Hi, > > I use scp to tr

Re: file transfer information

2007-11-20 Thread Bob Cox
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/19/07 16:06, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 11/18/07 22:19, hce wrote: Hi, I use scp to transfer a file, it displayed 50 KB/s. Does that mean 50 Kbit/s or 50 Kbyte/s? >>> >>> B

Re: file transfer information

2007-11-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/19/07 16:06, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 11/18/07 22:19, hce wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I use scp to transfer a file, it displayed 50 KB/s. Does that mean 50 >>> Kbit/s or 5

Re: file transfer information

2007-11-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 04:06:51PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 11/18/07 22:19, hce wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I use scp to transfer a file, it displayed 50 KB/s. Does that mean 50 >>> Kbit/s or 50 Kbyte/s? >> >> Byte >>

Re: file transfer information

2007-11-19 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/18/07 22:19, hce wrote: Hi, I use scp to transfer a file, it displayed 50 KB/s. Does that mean 50 Kbit/s or 50 Kbyte/s? Byte bit Hm,hmm... Let's see... Ron? What does that mean? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

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