Moving files between Mac and Solaris

Discussion in 'Other Virtual machines' started by JonathanP, Mar 14, 2011.

  1. JonathanP

    JonathanP Bit poster

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    It may be that I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm wondering if there is any possible way of getting files into a Solaris 10 VM. I know there are no Parallels Tools for Solaris, but just to be able to mount a disk on the Mac, copy something to it, then mount it on Solaris instead would be sufficient. At present, I can't even mount a disk within the Solaris VM to install the compiler.
     
  2. Artagel

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    I usually just use scp.
    Create a username other than root on your solaris box, then go to your mac terminal and type:
    scp whateverfile youruser@solarisip:/tmp
    It'll ask for a password, and then it'll copy the files. You can use wildcards, or tar stuff up beforehand.
    You can do it the other way around too.
    scp youruser@solarisip:/directory/files .
    This copies those files to your current directory(the one inside your terminal.
    Easy enough.
    -Dan
     

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