Access files on a Linux server from Windows

[ReverentCreature]

Hi. I know barely anything about Linux but we have a "server" here with some files. I need to replace a CSV in one of the folders and run a PHP file to upload it. It was all set up by the previous guy who was good with Linux. This Linux server has no GUI!!! Can I connect to the files from my Windows computer using Putty or FileZilla or something? If so how?

 

Thanks in advance.

[jthompson]

You can use FileZilla (or WinSCP) to connect from Windows to your Linux box using SFTP (file transfer over SSH). You'll need to provide the IP of the Linux box, as well as a username and password for the Linux system (the same creds that you might use to SSH onto the command line for it).

 

Going the other way, the Linux system can mount a Windows share, but that's more complicated and probably not what you're needing from it anyway.

 

In FileZilla, create new site, use SFTP, with 'normal' login.

Edited February 5, 2018 by jthompson

[DJ-1701]

Hi. I know barely anything about Linux but we have a "server" here with some files. I need to replace a CSV in one of the folders and run a PHP file to upload it. It was all set up by the previous guy who was good with Linux. This Linux server has no GUI!!! Can I connect to the files from my Windows computer using Putty or FileZilla or something? If so how?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

In all honesty, it depends how it was setup, the last guy should have made some documentation if there isn't anything official for the system you are using. Though if you need to use a php file to upload it, it sounds as though it may have a web interface to pull down the file. What happens when you browse http://linuxservernamehere/ ?

 

Also... a lot of people like using webmin on their linux servers for easy control, what if you browse https://linuxservernamehere:10000

[bossman]

+1 for WinSCP just does what you need to access files but one thing you might meet up with is file permissions on the linux box and then that's where you will need to access the linux box directly so you can change permissions to the particular file that requires changing, plenty of help on here though if required just ask...

[ReverentCreature]

In all honesty, it depends how it was setup, the last guy should have made some documentation if there isn't anything official for the system you are using. Though if you need to use a php file to upload it, it sounds as though it may have a web interface to pull down the file. What happens when you browse http://linuxservernamehere/ ?

 

Also... a lot of people like using webmin on their linux servers for easy control, what if you browse https://linuxservernamehere:10000

 

He's made some sort of basic SQL database for displaying todays birthdays on a web page for the main entrance TV slideshow based on a list of names and dates of birth if ever you did! Anyway if I navigate to the URL I see the files and can open some but no option to upload. https://stm-vs-001:10000 just gives "site cant be reached" or "cant connect securely to this page".

[ZeroHour]

+1 for WinSCP just does what you need to access files but one thing you might meet up with is file permissions on the linux box and then that's where you will need to access the linux box directly so you can change permissions to the particular file that requires changing, plenty of help on here though if required just ask...

Another +1 for WinSCP, I use it nearly daily for EduGeek server stuff and its brilliant!

You can also change file permissions with it as well as owner but terminal is faster.