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> Hi,
> I just installed Fedora Core 3 on my laptop and I selected network
> support in installing. This laptop is basically used for me to try out
> Linux. I will not use this laptop to connect to any network, the only
> use of its ethernet connection is for me to transfer some big files to
> other machine. And I have some problem here.
>
> I use a crossover cable to connect this laptop to my PC which is on
> my employer network, this PC is running Windows XP. I have cygwin
> installed on the PC.
>
> I name the laptop IP address as 1.2.3.4 when i installed Fedora,
> obviously such address is not accessible from PC, so I run this command
> to add it to the routing table of PC,
>
> Route add 1.2.3.4 mask 255.255.255.255 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx metric 1 if 3
>
> "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" is the PC gateway address.
>
> Now from PC I ping 1.2.3.4 good, this basically tells me that IP
> connection between PC and laptop through crossover cable is good.
>
> Then I think I can run rcp to copy files, so in cygwin I run this,
> rcp file_1 1.2.3.4.my_login_in_laptop:
>
> But what I get is:
> 1.2.3.4:Connection refused
>
> I check the web and it seems i need to set up ~/.rhosts in laptop, but
> isn't true that it is only needed if I do not want to input password?
> Anyway, I created the file in laptop and its content is simply as,
> + +
>
> this is to trust anyone on any machine, right?
>
> But rcp still has the same problem, connection refused.
>
> Is there any simple way to set up for rcp to run? I prefer not to
> bother about those dauting services like domain name resolution, you
> can see that my application is only a copy over crossover cable.
>
> Thanks.
>
My guess is that the rcp service is not running on the Fedora
box. And I can't remember the name of this service. But rcp is
regarded as insecure, and Fedora may not even contain server s/w
for it.
You may be better off using scp (secure copy) which is one of the
features of ssh (secure shell). For Linux, ssh is the client
program, and sshd (ssh daemon) is the server program. Fedora will
certainly contain both of these, but sshd may not be started in a
default install - you may have to start it yourself. You can find
many ssh and scp clients for windows (putty and filezilla come to
mind), but I don't now about ssh servers.
If you're just trying to copy files, it might be easier to go to
the Linux machine and mount the windows shared folders. I don't
know which program Fedora supply for this though. Try entering:
smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/C$
into the konqueror address bar.
The Cog
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