shared folders help

[whitetimer]

Hi All

I have ubuntu server as a guest in virtualbox and xubuntu as my host os. I have a shared folder on my host that can be accessed by my network. I'm trying to use my server without the need to install a desktop, so how would i transfer a file (in this case Coldfusion.bin ) from my host machine to my ubuntu server guest ?

Many Thanks

[mstjohn1974]

Hi there,

I would use scp

example:
scp Coldfusion.bin 192.168.1.100:/home/username/directory

This will work if the user accounts are the same on both boxes
if that is not the case you have to specify a user account for the remote machine

scp Coldfusion.bin user@192.168.1.100:/home/username/directory

I hope that helps

[whitetimer]

Hi there,

I would use scp

example:
scp Coldfusion.bin 192.168.1.100:/home/username/directory

This will work if the user accounts are the same on both boxes
if that is not the case you have to specify a user account for the remote machine

scp Coldfusion.bin user@192.168.1.100:/home/username/directory

I hope that helps

Hi ... Ok i just tried and i got this message

The authenticity of host '192.168.1.65 (192.168.1.65)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 86:ea:fb:24:b8:49:bb:ca:9d:e6:bf:f3:e3:00:21:cd.

Any suggestions ?

Sorted ... I tried to use sudo infront ... duh ... haha

Thanks for your advice, it works great !!!

[mstjohn1974]

you do it from the machine where the file is located

[mstjohn1974]

you can get information for the usage of scp by typing

man scp

or on this webpage

[whitetimer]

you can get information for the usage of scp by typing

man scp

or on this webpage

Thanks for the link, i have it sorted now

Cheers