File transfer on osx?

macfreak88

macfreak88

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Hi! :D
I wonder if theres any program for mac osx that supports filetransfer. Like msn does on PC an icq does on the msc os 9?...I would be very happy if there was any or some chat version will be released whit that function enabled. :)

// Mårten from Sweden :cool:
 
AOL Instant Messenger for Mac OS X supports file transfers. You can also download RBrowserLite from versiontracker that allows you to do FTP transfers. I use both all the time. Note that FTP is not secure, therefore I have another user account (no administrative access) on my system that I use just for FTP transfers between school and home. AFAIK, FTP logins and passwords are NOT encrypted and any internet hacker with a port sniffer could obtain that info if clever enough I suppose (a program called "SNORT" comes to mind). Someone else here would likely know much more about that than I do.
 
Another way is to ssh into their machine and scp. I myself haven't gotten this to work so if someone could embellish on that I would appreciate that.

Basicly you type this in the terminal: ssh user@###.###.###.#
then it prompts you for a password

then you have a shell on that computer so you can do anything you want. The command for secure copy is: scp /path/to/file destination

how do you make the destination point back to the computer you are on? if you make the destination /users/user or ~ it will just copy the file to their home directory, not yours.:confused:
 
You don't need to ssh first; simply run
Code: 
scp /local/file server:/remote
to copy file in the /local directory to the remote machine server, putting it in the directory /remote .
The reverse also works,
Code: 
scp server:/remote/file .
to copy server's /remote/file to your current directory.
If you have different usernames, replace server with user@server.
 
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