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I know there are loads of similar questions and I have tried so many solutions none of which work!

I have my first Ubuntu Server virtual machine (12.04) to practice my PHP skills on. I however can't get my php files from my host machine (windows 7) to the server!

I have tried installing: tftp, tftp-hpa, xinetd and a few others.

They all say "package is not an installation candidate. I have also looked at using shared folders but I cant get that to work either!

I know there isn't a lot of information here but I don't even know where to begin so let me know if any info will help!

tim
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    you do NOT want to use tftp. xinetd itself has nothing to do with file transfers, it's a daemon to start OTHER apps. just go with ssh/sftp and forget anything else. – Marc B Jun 09 '15 at 15:08

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You're propably mixing up FTP and TFTP. I think you're searching for an instruction to set up a normal ftp server. Try this tutorial.

If the server is reachable from the internet: Use a strong password, setup TLS / SSL and use your favorite FTP client software (e.g. FileZilla for Windows) to connect to the server. If it's just a local development VM you can skip these steps.

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  • Thanks! I was only trying to use TFTP because my only (very limited) experience with linux was an embedded device that used TFTP. I went for winSCP in the end – tim Jun 10 '15 at 08:26