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samba swat smb	<reply> Samba is the way to cooperate with Windows environments. Links with more info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently and https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/samba-introduction	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:57:50 Last edited by genii Date: 2021-10-12 18:43:14 Requested 5822 times
ssh openssh sftp	<reply> SSH is the Secure SHell protocol, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH for client usage. PuTTY is an SSH client for Windows; see: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ for its homepage. See also !scp (Secure CoPy) and !sshd (Secure SHell Daemon)	Added by LjL Date: 2006-06-22 03:32:41 Last edited by rww Date: 2016-01-12 00:08:13 Requested 2566 times
vnc	<reply> VNC is a protocol for remote desktop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNCOverSSH describes how to use it securely. It works best over fast connections, otherwise look at !FreeNX	Added by bimberi Date: 2006-07-07 02:29:55 Requested 1920 times
fuse captive	<reply> FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) is a !kernel driver that allows non-root users to create their own filesystems. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace for more on FUSE. Some examples of filesystems that use FUSE are !ntfs-3g, sshfs and isofs. A full list of Filesystems that use FUSE is here: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FileSystems	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 11:48:16 Last edited by Amaranth Date: 2007-08-07 14:36:30 Requested 1130 times
screen	a window manager for terminal sessions, also useful over SSH. The 'byobu' package provides very useful additional utilities. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Screen	Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:26:30 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:26:18 Requested 815 times
scp winscp	a secure way of copying files across networks using !SSH. Usage: scp filename user@host:filename - WinSCP is a client for Windows, available at http://winscp.net/	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-19 13:35:53 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:40:56 Requested 341 times
sshd	<reply> SSH is the Secure SHell protocol, sshd is the server (or daemon) of SSH. For setting up the SSH server, please see: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/openssh-server.html . Advanced SSH uses: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/Advanced . For SSH client information, see !ssh . Related: !scp (Secure CoPy)	Added by Pici Date: 2008-09-30 18:26:26 Last edited by knome Date: 2015-07-27 16:44:18 Requested 149 times
telnet	not safe. Please use ssh instead. See !ssh	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:45:32 Requested 116 times
sshfs	a !Fuse based filesystem which allows you to mount a remote system over !SSH - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHFS for instructions	Added by jpds Date: 2009-02-15 18:29:16 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-03-03 21:45:11 Requested 100 times
putty	<reply> PuTTY is an !SSH client for Windows. Please see: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ for it's homepage and downloads. See also !scp (Secure CoPy)	Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 15:42:53 Last edited by genii Date: 2009-06-01 13:39:10 Requested 62 times
screen-#ubuntu-server	<deleted><reply> Screen is a window manager for terminal sessions, also useful over SSH. The 'screen-profiles' package provides very useful additional utilities. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Screen	Added by LjL Date: 2009-03-03 17:00:12 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-09-07 11:25:59 Requested 5 times
kopete-remove-tab	<deleted><reply> To hide the tabview when there is only one tab: echo '[ChatWindowSettings]\nAlwaysShowTabs=false' >> ~/.kde/share/config/kopeterc	Added by uniq Date: 2006-06-24 22:05:49 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-05-18 23:52:56 Requested 0 times
openssh	<alias> ssh	Added by Pici Date: 2008-09-30 18:26:41 Requested 0 times
sftp	<alias> ssh	Added by elky Date: 2009-06-01 07:53:57 Requested 0 times