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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew@DeFaria.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Enquiry on Cygwin function - file sharing between Windows and Windows
Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 17:40:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <lkj3td$25b$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <536CA0F8.9000002@gmail.com>

On 5/9/2014 2:33 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 09/05/2014 11:07, Marco Lau wrote:
>> Dear Cygwin,
>>
>> Further to FAQ 4.28, we know that Cygwin can provide a SCP protocol
>> for file sharing between Unix and Windows and we have been using this
>> tool for years.
>>
>> My question is, can we do the same thing for file sharing between
>> Windows and Windows?
>>
>> I know there are huge number of sftp applications can serve for the
>> purpose but I am really interested can Cygwin support file sharing
>> between Windows Servers platform.
>>
>> Thanks & regards,
>> Marco
>>
>
> yes ,
> of course as with Unix you need to install and run the ssh server.

Which, luckily, comes with Cygwin! Yes install the OpenSSH package in 
Cygwin and Cygwin with OpenSSH and on the remote Windows server. Run 
ssh-host-config to set up the service and scp (or sftp) to your heart's 
content...
-- 
Andrew DeFaria
http://defaria.com


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      reply	other threads:[~2014-05-09 17:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-09  9:07 Marco Lau
2014-05-09  9:33 ` Marco Atzeri
2014-05-09 17:40   ` Andrew DeFaria [this message]

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