RE: What are the steps to take files from unix server ...
1. WinSCP from Windows 2. SFU ( NFS client ) from Windows 3. FTP client on windows provied UNIX server is also a FTP server 4. Open Samba/CIFS share on UNIX and access from Windows Client
RE: What are the steps to take files from unix server to windows?
If you're the admin of the Unix server install Samba on the Unix server for the easiest solution for users more familiar with the Windows operating environment.
Follow the directions with the Samba suite. It's open source and free.
It allows Windows users to drag-and-drop files from their "Network Neighborhood" window so there's no extra learning curve for them.
RE: What are the steps to take files from unix server to windows?
If you can't get Samba or you're not the Admin so you can't install it anyway then use FTP as it's almost guaranteed to be installed and running on both machines. The only hang-up is that sometimes the server is shut off for security reasons.
From windows:
Start->Run...
Run the command "cmd"
Enter the command from the "cmd" window "ftp{network name of unix server}" This may request a user name and password from the FTP subcommands. Your Windows user ID might not be on the Unix server so you may need to specify it with the "user" subcommand.
Then you can use subcommands such as:
Change to a specific directory to find the desired files cd{directory}
Copy a file from the Unix server to the Windows client get{filename}
Copy a file from the Windows client to the Unix server put{filename}
RE: What are the steps to take files from unix server to windows?
Most UNIX servers are configured not to use FTP or TELNET for security purposes and if you use FTP it has limited number of data can be transfered on one transaction hence I preferred using another web application so that if the user's need to get the data regularly they can download it on their PC using the URL of the said application example Tomcat.
