Nautilus makes SSH easier!
The common idea about SSH as client is that it’s a very complex protocol that requires basic UNIX knowledge, you are able to only work on shell and it’s not very practical. As for copying files, you need to type the absolute path on the server in order to perform it, and you can not copy from/into remote/local machine and work on it at the same time.
Not anymore! Nautilus handles this!
Hit Ctrl+L to open a location, type the following:
ssh://username@server
You will be asked for the password. Now you have all the files and directories listed as if they were on local.
If you can’t access to your home directory because you don’t have permission to open /home , modify the address (Ctrl+L again) and set it to the following:
ssh://username@server/home/username
More amazing, you can download files/directories to your local machine, or upload them, just by using copy/paste.
Did I mention it’s one of the most secure protocols?
October 31st, 2006 at 4:17 pm
e pour nous les windowziens, on nous a inventé le fameux WINSCP. donc pas la peine d’utiliser Nautilus, ni linux :p
October 31st, 2006 at 4:28 pm
You missed a great opportunity to have fun with simplicity …
October 31st, 2006 at 4:48 pm
I’v been using a GUI client for ssh and scp for more than 3 years, it is from SSH communications www.ssh.com but they just removed their free version few months ago
Also check http://sourceforge.net/projects/ssh-gui/
October 31st, 2006 at 5:20 pm
I have just downloaded and compiled ssh-gui (reminds me the good Gtk-1.2 days
) and found out it’s not really GUI as I expected, I mean, you can not manage the files and download/upload as for nautilus, but only launches a terminal.
The project is actually dead, RIP, it could’ve been enhanced.
October 31st, 2006 at 9:28 pm
Sorry for that
I did not know it very well anyway. As I told you I use secure shell and secure file transfer from ssh.com, very nice UI for copying as if you’re doing it from the desktop. Same thing for tunneling.
They used to have a community version as I told you. You can download a trial of their client to get the idea.
November 1st, 2006 at 11:35 am
I never use non-free software
Now it’s your turn to try out Nautilus and tell me what do you think about …
Cheers!
November 1st, 2006 at 2:13 pm
Radicalist, integrist …