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I recently installed Ubuntu Server on an old computer to test various things.

For now, I always accessed the server through ssh in a powershell/cmd session in my win10 laptop.

How can I access the Ubuntu files through with a GUI?

For the moment I just know accessing it through ssh with for example FileZilla.

I also could install (is one built in?) a ftp server an access it.

But what are the ways I could access ubuntu server files with a GUI "out-of-the-box" without needing to install anything?

R. Gomez
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    Umm... Nautilus? – pomsky Oct 14 '17 at 21:21
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    Do you mean from Windows? Without installing anything in Windows? Or do you mean from Ubuntu (an Ubuntu desktop system)? If from Windows, maybe Samba (in Ubuntu) would be an alternative, see for example https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba ; If from Ubuntu, Nautilus (using ssh) is a good alternative, as suggested by @pomsky. – sudodus Oct 14 '17 at 21:31
  • Thanks sudodus & pomsky I mean without installing anything in ubuntu server. Accessing from Linux & Windows. @sudodus if you post an answer I accept it :) – R. Gomez Oct 14 '17 at 21:36
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    TotalCommander can access a remote filesystem through SSH, sort of like sshfs on Linux. – AlexP Oct 14 '17 at 21:43

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The Ubuntu server

When you write that you do not want to install anything in the Ubuntu server, I guess you mean except an SSH server, which you have already (for example openssh-server) or a Samba server according to this link and links from it,

help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba

If you want to log in and run application programs remotely, you can do it via 

ssh user@ip-address

or if you want to run GUI application programs remotely,

ssh -X user@ip-address

if you have some basic X software installed in the server, for example

sudo apt-get install fluxbox xinit xterm

and the software you want to run.

From Windows

If you do not want to install anything into Windows, Samba is a good alternative. You can use Explorer and connect to the Samba share like you would connect to a shared directory in another Windows system via the network.

But there are several tools, that can be installed, and that communicate via ssh, not only Filezilla, but also WinSCP. You can also install an SSH client and log in.

From Ubuntu Desktop

If you do not want to install anything into an Ubuntu Desktop system, Nautilus is a good alternative. It can connect via ssh, enter the address into the box for directory to be displayed, for example sftp://sudodus@192.168.0.2/home/sudodus and you can save it as a bookmark for easy access later.

And as described earlier, you can run

ssh -X user@ip-address
sudodus
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Try sshfs, i uses ssh an no need to extra software. Project source from github: https://github.com/winfsp/sshfs-win

Its avaiable on Windows, linux and mac. You can take a look in this video https://youtu.be/lMC5VNoZFhg?t=547

Heitor Giacomini
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You might want to have a look at Webmin, which has a File Manager module.

Setup Webmin repos:

sudo curl -o setup-repos.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/webmin/webmin/master/setup-repos.sh
sudo sh setup-repos.sh

Install Webmin:

sudo apt install webmin

Then Webmin can be accessed on the IP address of the host on port 10000 (https://X.X.X.X:10000/).

Artur Meinild
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