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Re: [PLUG] how to transfer gigabytes without tech support
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Another option - WebDAV: http://www.strongspace.com/ or
http://www.bingodisk.com/
Paul L. Snyder wrote:
> 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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>> Jeff
>>
>> Jeff Abrahamson <http://jeff.purple.com/> +1 215/837-2287
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