File Sharing with SSH

Cos samba sucks.

Install ssh on every Box:

sudo apt install ssh

Then you can connect to each other in your file manager with e,g, : sftp://hp2.local

The first time you do this you will get a gui equivalent of the ssh xecurity warning. Select Log in Anyway and you will be prompted for credentials.

Add to the Nemo sidebar for easy future access.

Normally this has “just worked” but if it needs to be started:
sudo systemctl enable ssh

If the firewall is blocking it (I’ve been since before 1990 with no firewall)
sudo ufw allow ssh

Other possibly useful commands:
sudo systemctl start ssh
sudo systemctl stop ssh
sudo systemctl restart ssh
To view status, run:
sudo systemctl status ssh