ssh to windows laptop
Is there a way I can ssh to my laptop so I can transfer some files over to my SD card on my handheld?
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Is the hostname and password the same as steam deck? (Deck & Deck)
What you'd need to do is run a ssh server on your laptop. What are you running on your laptop? Ubuntu? Bazzite and most Linux distros have ssh clients and scp clients preinstalled. scp is the tool that you want to use for transferring files from your desktop. But most distros don't have an ssh server pre-installed so you'll need to install that (on your laptop)
Laptop is windows and the handheld is running the fedora Linux
I have winscp
That changes things a little. Are you running Bazzite on your handheld?
Yes I am
I'm going to have to check if I can install an ssh-server in Bazzite via distrobox. Give me a few minutes and I'll see if I can get it right
In the mean time please check if boxbuddy in installed. It's a flathub application
It's not something Ive installed before so I will do it now
It's Installed now
What I initially had in mind didn't work, trying a work around. Do you have a large number of files to transfer or very few?
Amount of file size not too many 10-15 I think. In storage wise about 7ish GB each
They're games I've backed up to my laptop basically. I had to re install bazzite the other day and want to transfer them back over now
My idea was to run an ssh server in Distrobox and then you could just use Winscp to transfer the files but that didn't work, not sure if you can run applications with services in Distrobox. Second attempt was to use KDE Connect to transfer files between Windows and Bazzite, that failed too. I'm going to try a few more things
Figured it out, was easier than I was making it... Bazzite already had an ssh server installed
Open the terminal and run the following
enable sshd server
sudo systemctl enable sshd
start sshd server
sudo systemctl start sshd
Now connect to your steam deck via winscp
Try that and let m know if it works for you too
What will be the hostname, username and password? Same as you would for steam deck?
When you go into winscp
for the hostname you'd use the ip address. Just run ifconfig in the terminal. wlp3s0 should be your wifi, I've highlighted where you'd get your ip address in the deck
username and password would be the username and password that you used when you installed bazzite
Ok will try it later gotta go work now. Will let you know how it goes
Good luck 🤞
Thanks 🙂
This worked! Host name was fedora not the IP address but the rest was right. Thanks 🙂