[SWLUG] Network setup for Fedora Core 5

[Mark Summerfield]

On Thursday 28 September 2006 10:40, Justin Mitchell wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 10:29 +0100, Mark Summerfield wrote:
> > Neither has a fixed IP address as such, they both use "DHCP" so I think
> > they get addresses from the router... However according to the router
> > they have addresses 198.168.1.2 and 198.168.1.3. So I tried:
> >
> > scp TEST.TXT 198.168.1.3:
> >
> > but it just hung...
>
> that means it couldnt contact it, either you got the ip address wrong,
> or the ssh server isnt running on that computer.
>
> you can look if if the ssh server is running with:
>
> ps aux | grep sshd
>
> and btw it would have been 192.168.x.x not 198
>
> you can check what ip address your current computer has with:
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0

Ah ha. OK, apart from just 2 typing errors (1) the wrong IP address that
you spotted and (2) forgetting the final colon, all I had to do was
install openssh and now I can transfer files.

Thanks:-)

-- 
Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu