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#1 2009-12-12 15:42:22

stiffy420
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Network file transfer

How do i copy a file from a winows omputer to arch?

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#2 2009-12-12 16:16:15

MadTux
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Re: Network file transfer

What about ftp, provided you have a ftp server running on Arch. The other thing that comes to my mind would be installing and configuring samba on your Arch machine.

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#3 2009-12-12 16:24:17

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Re: Network file transfer

the thing is that i want a file on my windows computer to my arch laptop.

even if i use samba how could i copy the file. i ont have a file manager.

sorry for stupid questions. but im new to arch.

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#4 2009-12-12 16:27:01

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Re: Network file transfer

Have you considered installing a file manager? Check out pcmanfm for something light, or http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/mc-mp/ if you don't use Xorg.

If you have physical access to the Windows box I'd use a USB-stick..

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#5 2009-12-12 16:55:50

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Re: Network file transfer

im using openbox. i tried thunar but it woulnt mount my USB stick.

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#6 2009-12-12 16:58:00

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Re: Network file transfer

Open up a terminal window,

sudo fdisk -l

find your usb stick

/dev/sdXX is what you get from fdisk -l

sudo mount /dev/sdXX /mnt

Open up thunar and get the file from /mnt.

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#7 2009-12-12 17:16:47

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Re: Network file transfer

Don't know about win, but they must have netcat!

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/unix-utilities-netcat/


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#8 2009-12-12 17:17:08

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Re: Network file transfer

Thanks! that worked. but i thought thunar would automount. is there a solution to this?

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#9 2009-12-12 17:29:52

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Re: Network file transfer

sounds like you are starting openbox the old way { exec openbox-session }
The new way so that automount works is
exec ck-launch-session openbox-session
stick that in your .xinitrc


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#10 2009-12-12 17:39:01

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Re: Network file transfer

where can i find the xinit file... cant remember .. it isnt /etc/skel/


edit: /home ofcourse

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#11 2009-12-12 17:50:30

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Re: Network file transfer

ok. mount is working. but i still get some error messages in terminal. something like thunar-volman no property info.capabilities..... any fix to this?

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#12 2009-12-12 18:14:47

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Re: Network file transfer

trying to get samba working to transfers those files from the windows computer. but when i try to start it it says fail. i get fam to start at least... im following the wiki


somehow i got samba working. But how can i access window shared folders in thunar?

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#13 2009-12-12 19:13:57

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Re: Network file transfer

Another option is to mount your Windows partitions directly. See 'man mount.cifs'. It's part of smbclient.

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#14 2009-12-12 19:50:14

stiffy420
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Re: Network file transfer

skottish wrote:

Another option is to mount your Windows partitions directly. See 'man mount.cifs'. It's part of smbclient.

yeah. that actually worked. but do i need samba installed for that? im copying a file right now with smbclient.

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#15 2009-12-12 19:52:56

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Re: Network file transfer

stiffy420 wrote:
skottish wrote:

Another option is to mount your Windows partitions directly. See 'man mount.cifs'. It's part of smbclient.

yeah. that actually worked. but do i need samba installed for that? im copying a file right now with smbclient.

Only smbcleint which is a subset of samba.

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#16 2009-12-13 00:40:24

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Re: Network file transfer

stiffy420 wrote:

trying to get samba working to transfers those files from the windows computer. but when i try to start it it says fail. i get fam to start at least... im following the wiki


somehow i got samba working. But how can i access window shared folders in thunar?

I'd consider switching to gamin unless you really need fam for some reason, fam never worked properly for me and many other users had problems with it too.


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