Midnight Commander - Jail - How to move files from FreeNAS to external box

[ethereal]

I was able to create a jail and install Midnight Commander - I then added storage and I was able to move data around on my two zpools.

My question is can I use MC in the jail to move data from my FreeNAS box to my windows box.

I had a look around and think ftp should be the way to go - I tried but could not get it to work. If somebody could help me that would be lovely.

 

[SweetAndLow]

Using smb and windows file explore doesn't work for you? Everyone wants these file explorers to exist on freenas, that just doesn't make sense when it's a networked attached server. You can also use WebDAV to view the files in a web browser.

 

[ethereal]

i was just really playing around. i suppose the only time i would really need it - i may have to move the files from FreeNAS and i could use tmux and midnight commander to do this unattended

 

[SweetAndLow]

There are 6+ ways to move data off freenas unattended. I'm still not understanding.

The proper way would be to setup FTP on freenas and use a ftp client from your windows box or what ever box you want to transfer the data to.

 

[ethereal]

As i said i just playing around - there was a recent thread where a user used mc and ftp to move files to other computers