Hi, Does anyone know if there is a gnome equivalent to KDE's kio_fish? A quick Google seems to indicate that there are some tools but no exact equivalent. Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz
On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 09:15:46PM +1300, Glenn Ramsey wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a gnome equivalent to KDE's kio_fish? A quick Google seems to indicate that there are some tools but no exact equivalent.
That's the thing that allows ssh urls? gnome's VFS layer handles ssh://servername/path/to/file urls as well, so any app that uses gnome-vfs for file reading/writing should allow that. (I just tried it with the text editor). You can also browse directories like that in the nautilus file manager. John p.s. if kio_fish is something completely different, ignore this post.
John R. McPherson wrote:
On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 09:15:46PM +1300, Glenn Ramsey wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a gnome equivalent to KDE's kio_fish? A quick Google seems to indicate that there are some tools but no exact equivalent.
That's the thing that allows ssh urls? gnome's VFS layer handles ssh://servername/path/to/file urls as well, so any app that uses gnome-vfs for file reading/writing should allow that. (I just tried it with the text editor). You can also browse directories like that in the nautilus file manager.
John p.s. if kio_fish is something completely different, ignore this post.
Yes, it that is the animal. I discovered in the Ubuntu desktop that it was right under my nose anyway, doh! Under "Places" you can connect to a ssh server through the gui but the resulting URL starts with sftp rather than ssh. Thanks Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz
On 12/5/05, Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> wrote:
Yes, it that is the animal.
I discovered in the Ubuntu desktop that it was right under my nose anyway, doh!
Under "Places" you can connect to a ssh server through the gui but the resulting URL starts with sftp rather than ssh.
Thanks Glenn
Also do have a look at GFTP. It allows you to ssh to remote machines and use a file manager with a GUI to move things around or copy stuff from one machine to another, or edit files... Cheers, SD.
* Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> [2005-12-05 08:10]:
Does anyone know if there is a gnome equivalent to KDE's kio_fish?
Under "Places" you can connect to a ssh server through the gui but the resulting URL starts with sftp rather than ssh.
For pedanticism: they’re not exactly the same thing. SFTP requires that the SSH server have the SFTP subsystem enabled; FiSH gets by with a plain SSH connection running a shell at the other end. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
A. Pagaltzis wrote:
* Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> [2005-12-05 08:10]:
Does anyone know if there is a gnome equivalent to KDE's kio_fish?
Under "Places" you can connect to a ssh server through the gui but the resulting URL starts with sftp rather than ssh.
For pedanticism: they’re not exactly the same thing. SFTP requires that the SSH server have the SFTP subsystem enabled; FiSH gets by with a plain SSH connection running a shell at the other end.
Regards,
I notice that using ssh: instead of sftp: in the URL also works as John said. Is this using the same mechanism as sftp or the same one as kio_fish? The reason I ask is that I'd like to put Ubuntu on my laptop that I use at Uni and the servers I connect to there are not running Linux and I know that kio_fish works. Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz
* Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> [2005-12-05 21:05]:
I notice that using ssh: instead of sftp: in the URL also works as John said.
Is this using the same mechanism as sftp or the same one as kio_fish?
That’s a good question. After reading http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-vfs-list/2004-May/msg00009.html I’m not sure at all. I’ve found no more recent mention, except that the pertinent GNOME bug was closed as WONTFIX: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117633 So I don’t know.
The reason I ask is that I'd like to put Ubuntu on my laptop that I use at Uni and the servers I connect to there are not running Linux and I know that kio_fish works.
If `sftp://` works for you, then that’s preferrable. I pointed out the difference mostly for the sake of pedantry. If `ssh://` is the same thing as `sftp://` and neither works, then you may want to read http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/10/28/how-to-mount-a-remote-ssh-filesystem-... which, I believe, *is* a FiSH implementation, and is also completely program-transparent (ie it works regardless of whether you’re using a KDE or GNOME program or even just a good old command line tool.) Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
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