how do you network two Ubuntu computers with a crossover cable?

[Zach]

Here's another option.

For instances where you just want to transfer or retrieve some files
and don't need transparent access like samba or nfs provides, SSH is a
great option.  I personally install it on all my systems.   The gnome
ftp client (gnome-ftp?) is ssh capable, if you want a graphical
interface.

Here's a great article to get you started:
http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/02/02/1254222&tid=89

There also is sshfs which gives you NFS-like transparency over an SSH
tunnel.  I messed with it for about ten minutes the other day but
wasn't able to get it to work.

On 12/6/05, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> Situation:
>
>  I have two computers running Ubuntu Breezy, one a laptop and one a desktop.
>
>  I have physically connected the two computers via their network cards using
> a crossover cable.
>
>  Problem:
>
>  How do I get these computers to 'see' eachother, so that I can transfer
> files? There seems to be no obvious way that works. The computers do not see
> eachother via the Places->Network Servers window and it's not clear how to
> use Places->Connect to Server to connect from one to the other. I attempted
> to setup sharing with both NFS and SAMBA using System-Administration->Shared
> Folders and by following the Samba instructions in the starters guide. I
> also tried to activate the network interfaces using
> System-Administration->Networking, and tried giving each
> machine an IP address to use. All I could get was a dialog asking me for a
> password to connect to MSHOME when I tried to open Places-Network Servers.
> This seems to suggest that I had managed to create a network, but I never
> specified any password.
>
>  I just don't know what I'm supposed to do.
>
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