network services

[Angry_Red_Antz]

I need some advise. I don't known much about network services, but I would like to do someting like this;
been able to connect to my home computer via internet from college, either using linux or windows
so I can update my computer or just copy some files. One thing though, can't install any software on college.

Sorry if this is a duplicate post, haven't got time check the forum
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[psomas]

maybe you should try using ssh if you want to have access to your computer...
but if you want to copy files from the computer you'll be using to your computer,maybe you should think of setting a FTP server...
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[di1bert]

There's no need to an FTP server as OpenSSH allows you to use sftp and scp.
IMHO adding an FTP server to the equation will only create minor headaches that
aren't entirely necessary.

To make your life easier, install lftp which comes with sftp support. This will let
you do bookmarking and tab completion which isn't really possible "out
the box" with normal sftp.

Scp is also great if you want to send or receive a single file. There's a windows
version that comes with the Putty suite so check out the Putty pages for more
on that one....

HTH

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