I have a computer that runs Windows and a computer that runs Linux and are connected on a network thru a switch. I cannot seem to transfer files between them. What is the way of doing this without using 3rd party software?
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Samba is built-in to most Linux distributions. If you don't have it, you can download it and install it with your package manager. Samba allows Linux to speak SMB, the file-sharing protocol used by Windows. So that's where you need to go in terms of learning the basics to make this work.
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Set up Samba on the Linux box. Samba is a service under Linux that acts like Windows Networking. It allows you to share directories over the network just like Windows. Check out http://www.samba.netfirms.com/ for details. Good luck!
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3rd party software? The easiest way to share files would be to set up an FTP server on the linux machine takes all of about 5 mins to configure. Samba is more if you want to have network browsing and directory sharing. Either way will work.
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Use Samba Server to transfer files or share files between windows and linux platform.
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I was going to suggest FTP or scp with PuTTY. No 'installation' involved as putty is an executable. Or use sneakernet.
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Simplest way is to run a A male to A male usb cable between them.
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Sho CDP neigh, its the answer for everything.
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Most everyone here agrees that some form of FTP is the way to go. Therefore it falls on me to suggest that the core problem lays in Layer ONE of your local subnet. Check your IP using windows ipconfig and Linux ifconfig. check the quality of your two Ethernet cables and make sure the are each straight through cables. If you switch is configurable with v-lans then clear that programming. end to end pings in both directs indicates stuff gets through. Then make sure that the OS in each machine sources or recives the packets. Please let us know what fix you used. Submitted Ed
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Windows can't read the Linux file system, but Linux can read the Windows file system, if it is configure correctly. SAMBA is the way to go. Also, make sure if you are using NTFS on your Windows system that the security and sharing permissions are set properly. If they are too restrictive, then you won't be able to access them from another computer whether Windows or Linux. Knoppix live CD or DVD is a good way to test ability to share files with Windows system since it comes with SAMBA ready to go from boot.
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You shell execute Samba on Linux computer. Then is easy to mount a volume from you Windos computer to you Linux computer.
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