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krork

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Registered: 2013-06-08

Posts: 29

Opening The Simplest File Server

Hi!

I would like to enable a friend who is running Windows to upload a 30MB file to my arch machine without him having to install any software or signing up to any sharing services - that is, I want to be the politest recipient possible.

What's the simplest way to do this?

I've been reading up on installing OpenSSH, vsftp and setting up a LAMP-Server, but do I really need this?

Kartious

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From: UK

Registered: 2013-03-23

Posts: 311

Re: Opening The Simplest File Server

Can you not use something like a shared Dropbox account? That's what me and my friends do between their Windows machines and my Arch system. Anything else will have to require some form of set up both ends.

Last edited by Kartious (2014-06-09 12:53:04)

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surfatwork

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Registered: 2012-01-05

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Re: Opening The Simplest File Server

you could try wetransfer.com. i dont think it needs any registration.

krork

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Registered: 2013-06-08

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Re: Opening The Simplest File Server

Thanks! I will try doing it via Dropbox/webtransfer

So in general: Setting up a server that allows somebody else to upload files to some ftp://* address, for example, that would NOT require set up at both ends, needs quite some work?

tomk

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Re: Opening The Simplest File Server

Ehmm... if there's no set up at either end, that means nothing changes, which doesn't sound like what you want.

Set up some http server, configure it to accept uploads, give your friend the URL. Then all he needs is abrowser, which I guess he already has.

Last edited by tomk (2014-06-09 14:25:31)

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: Opening The Simplest File Server

Thanks! I will try doing it via Dropbox/webtransfer

So in general: Setting up a server that allows somebody else to upload files to some ftp://* address, for example, that would NOT require set up at both ends, needs quite some work?

Xyne wrote quickserve for that purpose. You'll have to set up some port forwarding and maybe dyndns, then your friend only needs a webbrowser.
http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/quickserve/

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