I have a headless machine on my network that has Ubuntu 10.10 installed on it with some shares enabled.

 

I access the ubuntu shares from my Windows 7 machine. I understand that when I drag the files from the ubuntu share to the unraid share the files are actually written to my Windows 7 machine and then over to the Unraid machine.

 

I would like to transfer the files directly from my ubuntu machine to the unraid server. The ubuntu machine is headless so I would like to login to it from my Windows 7 machine to start the transfer.

 

What would you guys recommend to be the easiest method to go about this? Should I setup Remote Desktop on the Ubuntu machine or is there a better method?

 

Your help is appreciated.

One of the easiest methods would be to log into the Ubuntu box and mount your shares.

 

mkdir /mnt/movies
mount -t cifs \\tower\movies /mnt/movies

of course replace the share names and server name as appropriate for your installation

then copy the files using the cp command

cp /home/myusername/movies/* /mnt/movies/

then unmount the share and delete the mount point if it is no longer needed

umount /mnt/movies
rmdir /mnt/movies

Note that that is umount with no 'n'

 

There are other methods, but that is quick and easy.

Good solution Spectrum. But I'll have to go GUI with this one. My wife has to be able to do this. And wives and terminal commands don't typically mix well 

Good solution Spectrum. But I'll have to go GUI with this one. My wife has to be able to do this. And wives and terminal commands don't typically mix well 

 

Ahhh I hear ya.  I know there USED to be an ftp client that would allow you to log into 2 ftp servers and initiate a transfer between them without going through you as an intermediary. -> dig dig dig -> FlashFXP was it.  It lists site to site transfers on the page I linked so that might be an option.  Full disclosure: I haven't used it since the mid 90's and have no affiliation with the company.

 

Freeware wise, your best bet may be to make mount points on the Ubuntu box and mount the drives from the fstab using either cifs or nfs (pick your pleasure) and setting up VNC or FreeNX.  I had FreeNX set up on a Jaunty box awhile back and it worked great.  Either way, she could log in via the Windows client and just open folders and drag and drop on the Ubuntu box and it would all be taken care of.