Ubuntu – Share between Ubuntu 18.10 machines without Samba

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I have bought a new laptop and want to transfer files from the old machine to the new one. Both machines are running Ubuntu 18.10.

I have installed openssh-server on the old machine but when I right click on file and select "Share in local network" a popup tells me to install Samba. I thought that Samba was for sharing files with a Windows machine. Is there not a way to share between two Ubuntu (18.10) machines without using Samba?

The "duplicate" linked to is very old and deals with Ubuntu 10.10. Things have changed a bit in eight years.

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First, Samba works on Ubuntu as well as Windows, so it is not only for Windows machines.

It is also easy to get similar functionality with ssh. One way is to type sftp://serverhostname in the file browser's address bar (ctrl+l). That should prompt for username and password, and then open a file browser window into the server filesystem. Then you can copy/paste files.

PS: You may need to login once from a terminal windows so that the known host file is updated.

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Method 1:
You can use SAMBA for file sharing(but samba is mostly used to share files between linux and windows machines)

In terminal type the following gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
Add the line usershare owner only = False to the [global] section.
Go to Places>>Computer.
Right click the folder you want to share and choose Sharing Options.
Check the box that says Share this folder.
Write your share name and check the box that says Allow other people to write in this folder.
Now you should be able to see and access the shared folder from your network.

Method 2:
You can use Openssh run the following to install it,

sudo apt-get install openssh-server openssh-client

Now goto Places menu and choose Connect to Server

(In oneiric (11.10), click desktop and use the menu at the top: File --> Connect to Server)

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In the Service type: Select SSH
In Server: give the IP address of the PC where the info is on.
In Port: give 22.
Now in Folder: Pick the folder you wish to share.
In User Name: give the username of the pc you are connected to.
Click Connect after that you will get a windows where you have to enter a password of the PC you are trying to connect to.
Now you have read/write permissions.

Ubuntu – the difference between a Samba share and the Nautilus share method

Ubuntu requires the Samba server to be able to share files using network protocol called Server Message Block (SMB) that's where the name "Samba" came from. Thus, any Ubuntu apps that runs on top of Ubuntu including Nautilus requires the Samba server daemon installed to serve files over the network.

Additional info at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba

Hope this helps.

Eduardo B.

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