On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 01:36:01 -0700, jack4747 wrote:

> On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 10:02:21 AM UTC+2, Alister wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 00:38:22 -0700, jack4747 wrote:
>>
>> > On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 8:55:57 AM UTC+2, Harry Bloomfield
>> > wrote:
>> >> I have been struggling to work out how to do this and now I have
>> >> just discovered how to easily move files to and from Pi to a Windows
>> >> laptop...
>> >>
>> >> Filezilla makes it so easy, over your LAN, but you have to enable
>> >> SSH in the Pi's configuration. You need the Pi's IP, username and
>> >> password,
>> >> port 22.
>> >
>> > Samba (smb) protocol is much easier.
>> >
>> > Bye Jack
>>
>> I have to disagree enabling ssh is a simple process Samba takes a lot
>> of preparation &
>> configuration
>
> enabling ssh is easy, configuring it correctly is far more complicated
> than installing samba and configuring a share.
>
> Bye Jack

default ssh configuration is more than adequate for the Raspberry Pi's
target audience
if you need higher levels of security it is still easier to configure the
SAMBA (which is nowhere near as secure!)




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