On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 10:53 -0600, Larry Landen wrote:
> I just got Linux (Fedora Core 3) onto my computer, and I don't know how to 
> use it.  However, I have been taught how to compile and run programs while 
> logged on, and would now like to know how I can download the files from my 
> cs-account at BYU and bring them into my root directory.  Unfortunately, I 
> only know how to do this in Windows XP where I have Win-SCP do that for me.  
> Can anyone help me?

Just to make sure, you meant your home directory right? You should very
rarely log in as root. Almost everything should be done as another user
just to be safe.

sftp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ls
> get file1.txt
> mget *.java
> put new.txt
> quit

After awhile, you'll start to get annoyed with sftp. I listed it first
because it's good to know how to use just in case you can't use anything
else. It's also the safest from a security stand point. The OpenSSH
people are anal about security, so if I don't fully trust a server I
only connect to it using sftp.

Thankfully, you can actually use lftp and get tab completion, recursive
copies, and other good stuff.

lftp sftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/

Alternatively, Konqueror provides a graphical interface similar to
WinSCP. I'm not a KDE user, but IIRC the URL format is
fish://[EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Gnome, the format is the more logical
sftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED] or File>Connect to Server... and fill
out the needed information.

Be sure to come to UUG meetings. You can meet people to ask questions,
learn interesting things, and eventually start answering other people's
questions.

-- 
Stuart Jansen                   e-mail/jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

"XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't
using enough of it." - Chris Maden


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