Question involving file transfering. (For experts)

[Sroek]

Is there a way for me to remotely access and transfer files from my home computer by using another computer somewhere else without having to upload them to an FTP host, or sharing them over a P2P file sharing program?

Thanks.

 

[SavageBasher]

UltraVNC does that.

 

[su root]

I would suggest to just set up a quick FTP if you need to access files like that.

 

[jajmon]

here are some useful tools that should help you out.

http://www.jfitz.com/tips/ssh_for_windows.html

you would most likely need to run cygwin sshserver for windows on the remote pc, then connect with winscp or equivilent.

 

[Sroek]

Thanks to everyone for the replies, I appreciate it.

I would suggest to just set up a quick FTP if you need to access files like that.

How would I do that?

I was thinking more along the lines of using telnet with MS-DOS to remotely access my computer to transfer data.

 

[su root]

If you have a linux box around, you can use SCP, but I'm assuming that you are running in a windows-only environment, so here's some windows FTP Server links:

http://www.argosoft.com/ftpserver/
http://www.ipswitch.com/Products/WS_FTP-Server/
http://www.bpftpserver.com/

Just install one of them, go into it,
> go through the general config, and set the ftp "root" to the location of your files
> disable anonymous logins
> create an account for yourself
> then "enable" it to start serving requests.
If you have a router, map tcp ports 20 & 21 to the ftp server.
To test, type in ftp://127.0.0.1 .. if you are elsewhere on the net, you will need to use your public IP address

 

[Sroek]

Thanks a lot man.