SCP

Setup OpenSSH server on host system.

• Copying files from Guest to Host

  $ scp <file> <user>@<host>:
  

• Copying files from Host to Guest.

  $ scp <user>@<host>:<file>
  

Use scp -r for copying directories.

FTP

Setup ftp server (like proftpd) on the host.

• Use ftp client from GNU inetutils

  $ ftp <host>
  

  Use mget to copy files from host and mput to copy files to the host.

• The GNU way - setup an ftp translator

  $ settrans -ac ftp/<host> /hurd/ftpfs <username>:<password>@<host>:<path>