Is it possible to copy files from an Ubuntu VM to a Windows host without SSH?

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Is it possible to copy files from an Ubuntu VM to a Windows host without SSH ?

I'm asking this because working with files over SSH requires me to install an SSH server on Windows (either on Windows itself or on WSL ) , and I'd rather pass it off as I have no other reason to do so.

This should use me to backup my files.

What I do now to backup files to WSL:

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sudo mysqldump -u root --password --all-databases > /var/www/html/db.sql
sudo zip -r /var/www/html/dr.zip /var/www/html
sudo scp /var/www/html/db.sql /var/www/html/dr.zip USER@IP:/mnt/c/Users/USER/Desktop/
sudo rm /var/www/html/db.sql /var/www/html/dr.zip
)

As you can see, I used the code block above to copy files from Ubuntu to Windows via SSH.

I'd like to run a similar set of commands in Ubuntu to copy files to the host (Windows), but this time without SSH and using some local way.

lewis4u

The easiest way is to install samba and share a folder from the server.

  1. install samba

    sudo apt install samba

  2. Add your Linux user to samba:

    sudo smbpasswd -a <username>
// then it will ask you to write the password
// for that user and to confirm it

  3. In this file, /etc/samba/smb.confjust write to the end:

    [shared_folder_name]

comment = some_comment
path = /path/to/your/folder
browsable = yes
valid users = your_username
read only = no

After that, you can see the folder on the network and access it like any other shared folder.

PS: I think you have to restart the samba service or just the VM!

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