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Save from linux box to Windows via Putty
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:29 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Is it possible to save a file on a 'remote' linux machine to your windows machine using Putty to telnet into the linux machine? I am trying to grab some files from a development server (linux) onto my local machine (windows). If it is not possible using Putty, is there another way to do this?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:45 pm
by Christopher
You will want to get WinSCP.
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:54 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I am looking at it now. Have you ever used WinSCP to do this?
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:59 pm
by Christopher
Daily. Putty and WinSCP are the first things I install when forced to work on a Windows machine.
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:23 pm
by nickvd
As long as you're using putty to ssh into the linux machine, you can just use an ftp program able to use sftp to connect to the linux box (filezilla, winscp, etc...).
If, however, ssh is not running on the linux box and you're simply using telnet to connect, you should promptly stop, and use ssh

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:37 am
by timvw
telnet and ftp are both insecure...
Anyway, apart from putty and winscp i also install pagent... Since i don't like to retype the passphrase of my private key every time

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:03 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Ok, time for some 'Hold everah's hand through this'.
I am telnet'ing into the server right now. I can try ssh, but I would need the IP address, wouldn't I? Right now, in Putty, I just enter a single word for the server and it takes me to my prompt for a user name? Can I ssh that?
I know it sounds like I am a total Linux newbie. The fact is, I am. Thanks for all your help.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:07 pm
by infolock
why not just sftp instead of ssh?
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:08 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Nevermind, WinSCP is buttkicking. Thanks a bunch guys.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:30 pm
by Christopher
Hey Dad. Don't you mean that WinSCP is "darn good".

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:09 pm
by sweatje
Sounds like you have things solved, but in case you run across the need at some point, I use smbclient (a utility installed with Samba) to transfer files in Unix batch scripts to NT Domain Server file shares. It can work both interactivly and scripted from the command line.
Regards,
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:25 pm
by RobertGonzalez
arborint wrote:Hey Dad. Don't you mean that WinSCP is "darn good".

Ahem, yeah, very nice application, ahem.
PS I'm loving it. It is so doing everything that I could want. I wish I would have known about it sooner.