Comments on: Networking Ubuntu & Mac OS X – “Fugu” It

By: deashibarai

deashibarai — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:14:32 +0000

Thank you so much. This saved an week of copying to an external disk with 250mb of ram. Sooooo happy….

By: d-railed

d-railed — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:35:21 +0000

Thanks a million… That couldn’t have been any easier..

By: David

David — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:03:23 +0000

Many thanks for the clear, concise instructions! They worked great with my 8.04 Hardy Heron installation. It would have taken me a very long time to figure this out on my own.

This procedure will also work with PCLinuxOS 2007 installations, provided that you first install the “drakwizard” package via Synaptic. When you’ve done that, go to

PCLinuxOS Control Center > Network Services > OpenSSH daemon configuration

Select the “for newbies” option and click through the steps presented to you by the wizard. Once that is complete, you should be able to connect easily.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:13:34 +0000

I followed the instructions and got “Permission denied” when I tried to log in. ID and password were correct. Incidentally, and probably pertinent, when I used Mac’s “connect to server,” I got this error: “Volume Print$ could not be mounted.” Any suggestions?

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:05:53 +0000

Thanks, super clear instructions – works a treat!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:20:20 +0000

thanks, worked perfectly

By: Le Tenebreux

Le Tenebreux — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:18:17 +0000

I suppose this will work with any computers with FTP clients, and is especially handy if you have a fixed IP. I guess this will also work if your goal is a one time, easy transfer of files from one computer to another (e.g. if you’re trying to migrate from one computer to another, in which case this works better than sneakernet because you don’t have to worry as much about permissions). I don’t think this technique really works if your goal is, say, to access your iTunes library on RhythmBox. Still, this could be useful.