[ale] scp file from Windows to Linux

[Tony Carter]

> Look for "filezilla". It's a windows app that is a graphical 
> ftp mover that supports sftp as well.

That won't work. He is trying to initiate the transfer *from* Linux.

> On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 09:24 -0500, Trey Sizemore wrote:
> > I have a file on an old windows box that I'd like to transfer to a 
> > linux box via scp.  The file resides on a user's Desktop on 
> the WinXP 
> > machine and I'd be initiating the file transfer from the linux box.
> > 
> > I'm comfortable transferring files this way from linux to 
> linux, but 
> > just confused what the path would look like for the file on 
> the Window 
> > user's Desktop (only one drive designated C:)
> > 
> > I'd rather not install PuTTy or the like on the windows box 
> and just 
> > do the transfer with installed software.

The only way that I can think of to do this without installing software on
the XP PC is to use Windows File sharing on the desktop and Samba client on
the Linux box. This is an ugly and potentially insecure option but it works.


A couple of other options.

1) Install sftp/scp server on the windows box and use ssh keypairs.
2) Initiate the connection from the XP PC using pscp or pftp with ssh
keypairs.

-Tony