How to use FTP with FileZilla or Shared Network Folders In Linux
Another simple method used for file transfer is using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). This is the easiest method since this involves no coding/ command lines. Let’s see how to do that. If you don’t have FileZilla, check out How to install FileZilla on Windows. After installing FileZilla, follow the following steps.
Step 1: Open FileZilla in your Windows OS.
Step 2: Navigate to “File” section and select “Site Manager” after opening FileZilla.
Step 3: Change the protocol to SFTP.
Step 4: Type your Linux Address in the Host coloumn, which in this case is 192.168.0.18.
Step 5: Under the General section, go to “Logon Type” and select “Normal” as shown in the image below:
Step 6: Enter the Username and Password of the Linux OS machine.
Step 7: After all the 6 steps are done, click “Connect”.
Now you’ve created a client-server connection with SFTP between Linux and Windows OS. After the connection is created, it is simply a matter of dragging and dropping files between the platforms mentioned earlier.
How To Transfer File From Linux To Windows?
There are many reasons why many people need to transfer files across Linux to Windows OS, be it for work, or for platform compatibility. Rest assured, this kind of file transfer is relatively effortless to do so. It is well-known that transferring files from Linux to Windows is scary and vice versa.
In this article, we’ll go through how to send files across Linux to Windows and vice versa easily.
Table of Content
- Method 1: Using SSH Transfer Protocol with PuTTy
- Method 2: Using FTP with FileZilla or Shared Network Folders
- Method 3: Using SMB Protocol