Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I've got two Linux boxes, one Gentoo and the other PlanetCCRMA. I > need to move about 10GB of data from one to the other. How can I do > this? I guess that over Ethernet maybe Samba or NFS might work? This is a very deep subject. There are some reasonably accessible books, like "Linux Network Administration". NFS is not all that difficult to configure and is probably built into your kernel already. I have no personal experience with Samba, but I hear it is difficult to set up. FTP should be easy to get working. It is quite adequate for moving the amounts of data you mention, in fact it's probably the most efficient method for moving large data files over an Ethernet. Depending on your security needs the Berkeley "r-commands" (rsh, rcp, rlogin, etc.) are quite convenient. You can do things like... $ tar cf - * | rsh otherhost tar xf - But, if your machines are accessible from the Internet, don't do this, it is insecure. Use the secure `ssh' instead. Ssh is more difficult to configure, but sends no unencrypted passwords across the network. -- joq
