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Re: [PLUG] how to transfer gigabytes without tech support
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Sounds like you've got it solved, but another possibility (if you're
not too hung up on the security side of the equation) would be to set
up a bittorrent tracker to serve just that file. Hm, see for example
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/08/25/bittorrent.html
Some versions of rsync do have file size limits of 2GB or 4GB, so you
may run into difficulties there. Ditto some versions of scp.
Bittorrent can definitely deal with really big files, and will handle
resumptions gracefully in case of interruption.
pls
Quoting Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>:
> Yeah, that's it. I was having him use a machine that only allows
> certificates. I just needed to switch to a machine that allows
> passwords. Same file system. I just created an account for him and
> made a symlink to where the files are, then gave him an rsync command
> to copy and paste to terminal.
>
> *Whew*. I knew there had to be a way around this foolishness.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Jeff
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 07:01:49PM -0400, Chad Vogelsong wrote:
> > [55 lines, 320 words, 2333 characters] Top characters: _etoasn-
> >
> > Option #1:
> >
> > Setup and sFTP server on your machine (I use vsftpd). He should only need
> to
> > type a command, a password and another command to download it. Just hope
> that
> > there are no cuts in service during the days it will take to transfer that
>
> > amount of data over a Cable/DSL connection (slow upload speed usually).
> >
> > He would just have to type a command like:
> > $ ftp username@server.ip.address
> > password: the-password-you-give-him
> > get filename.tar.gz
> >
> > Wait 1-3 days, depending on speed.
> >
> > Option #2
> >
> > Another way would be to give him an SSH account on your computer. Put the
> file
> > in his home directory. Then it's just 1 command he has to type.
> >
> > scp username@server.ip.address:~/filename.tar.gz ~/
> > password: the-password-you-give-him
> >
> > Since you probably already have SSH installed on your computer, the 2nd
> one is
> > probably easier. It's also more secure IMHO.
> >
> > -Chad
> >
> >
> > Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> > > I have 14 GB of data I want to give someone. He's on MacOS X. I
> > > thought to do rsync via ssh, but talking him through certificates and
> > > terminal things is becoming too painful. Simple things fail that I
> > > would see if I were there, but I'm not and his descriptions omit
> > > little details that he has no way of knowing are critical.
> > >
> > > Next thought, make it available for http. So I tar it up. But apache
> > > refuses to serve a 14 GB tar archive, saying it's too big. (Weirdly,
> > > this causes a directory to disappear, too: directory foo/ is visible
> > > until overly large foo.tar is present, then they both disappear from
> > > the directory listing that apache generates!)
> > >
> > > Any thoughts on how to do this as simply as possible?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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