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Re: File transfer in network



On 1 Apr 2001, Karthika  Sivaramakrishnan wrote:

> Hello!
> How can I transfer files from one computer to another in Linux? I have read
> about the "rcp" command. In which sort of network will this work? I
>mean, is Telnet enough, or must the computers be configured for a network
>during installation? Are there other commands for the same?

	Use ftp or scp. All r-commands like rcp,rsh,rlogin are very
insecure unless you have all the servers in the network centrally managed.


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