How to transfer files from windows-box to linux-box

[JukkaR]

I have all my mp3's on my windows-bx and I would like to transfer them to computer using Gentoo Linux. Computers are connected via hub (manufactured by Askey). Both computers have Realtek network cards (driver module: 8139too). There's a network of three computers, it's some kind of windows-network. Internet works normally through the hub, there's adsl modem net connection.

[rickysilk]

You'll want to emerge samba on your linux box.

http://www.samba.org/
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[rizzo]

Or if don't want to emerge samba you could just scp. Probably download Putty's pscp for windows and then:

pscp -r <mp3 dir> <username>@<linuxboxname>:<destination>

But emerging samba and using it like a writable windows share would be easier.

[JukkaR]

[rizzo]

Do you allow remote root logins? Check your /etc/ssh/sshd_config for the line that says "PermitRootLogin". I think it defaults to yes, but that is something to check.

[JukkaR]

[rizzo]

Hmm then the only thing I can suggest is that you were entering the incorrect password. Check caps lock etc.

You shouldn't need to do any kernel changes for this, so don't worry there.

[n0n]

I'd create a user account on the box to see if that works . . . (Edit: Here I originally said "make sure the user is in the 'wheel' group otherwise it won't work," but I was wrong because I had that confused with another problem. Apologies.)

Also, I've had problems with pscp occasionally. A better solution, methinks, is to load up the Cygwin project on your Windoze box, at http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin. Basically, it's a port of a LOT of GNU and open-source software to Windows, so you can actually use bash in an xterm on Windows, compile programs with gcc, and (here's the important bit for this discussion) use OpenSSH. And I'd use OpenSSH if I were you. The first thing I do when I have to work on a windoze box is install Cygwin, and then I feel right at home.

[n0n]

Ah, I am reminded after reading this topic of another thing that might be going on here. In the file /etc/passwd, the last field defines the user's shell. On the default Gentoo installation, if I remember correctly (it's been some time), this field is left blank, which ordinarily isn't a problem, because it'll just start you up with that shell. But SSH requires that you have an entry in there. So I'd check /etc/passwd and if "/bin/bash" isn't at the end of root's entry, add it.

(Still, you'd think that you'd get an error other than "Invalid password" if this were the case - but it's worth a look, anyway.)

[pilla]

Have you restarted sshd after that?

/etc/init.d/sshd restart

[JukkaR]

Now I tried samba... Everything gone perfectly until I had to enter my samba-password. Entered it and Windows prompted: "Salasanasi on väärä. Yritä uudelleen", - Your password is wrong. Try again. I tried, with and without encrypted password -option in smb.conf, tried root's password - nothing. Well, atleast Windows-box now notices that theres Localhost connected in the network.. Do I have to buy cds and burn the damn mp3s and get them to the other computer that way...

In the /etc/passwd -file I checked that there was bash defined - was.

Does pscp even work with OpenSSH 3.4 ? On my computer, ssh isn't started automatically at boot. I have to type /etc/init.d/sshd start .

BTW, now I get this kind of error using pscp:
Fatal: ssh_init: Network error: Connection refused
- Atleast something new.....

Is there any program for linux that could connect to the network, since programs in Windows are not accepting my passwords..

[n0n]

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[JukkaR]

[n0n]

Hm. Well, here's some more ideas, then. Try doing an "iptables -L" to see if there's any rules blocking SSH traffic or something (probably you won't see anything there, though). I'm sure there are some port scanners available for Windows; perhaps try scanning your Linux box from there. Make sure you don't have any firewalls or something running on your Windows box (and if you do, make sure that's not what the problem is). Try ssh-ing into the box, instead of doing a file transfer - perhaps there's something wrong with just the file transfer side (use PuTTY or openssh via Cygwin to do that on Windows) . . .

[JukkaR]

[n0n]

[JukkaR]

I'm not sure about the firewalls.. My target is not to connect the linux computer permanently to the network, I just have to transfer the mp3s and some other files to linux. I'm getting pretty sure however that the problem isn't in the linux, I think problem's in windows system. If I type

[n0n]

You said that you've only got the root user, right? Make sure you're using "root" instead of "xyz" in that case. I'd also recommend is simplifying the command line just a bit. Try something along these lines:

[JukkaR]

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[rizzo]

[JukkaR]

Unfortunately, using Winscp, there's the same problem. When I enter the password, it just asks it again. But it doesn't log in.

[Zu`]

[Zu`]