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OK we have a server at the office having Solaris, sometimes we upload files to it through FTP , I want to ask that can I also upload the files to it by logging on through telnet? (as we also use telnet to run shells remotely)
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Actually, if you log your telnet session to a local file, by using the unix "script" command for example, you can then post-process it to extract remote files, simply with an editor for text files you have "catted", or with uudecode for binary files you have uuencoded.
But to do it in a more safe and correct way, stop using telnet altogether since it's insecure and use ssh, which then you can use the likes of scp and sftp to copy files. Or install and use rsync, which is more powerful even. But stop using telnet, it's like driving the old Ford Pinto when you have a Ferrari parked next to it.
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I fully agree with trickyid advice about using secure protocols.
By the way, I actually missed the point as my suggestion was about downloading, not uploading and anyway, if ftp is open, and for some reason you cannot go the ssh road, ftp is quite simpler than my hack.
I also agree about not using telnet. scp is great for a few files but I would really recommend taking a look at rsync if you are moving a lot of files. It's fast, can
transfer just the differences between two sets of files and has many other cool features. The manpage has a lot of good info.
Actually, if you log your telnet session to a local file, by using the unix "script" command for example, you can then post-process it to extract remote files, simply with an editor for text files you have "catted", or with uudecode for binary files you have uuencoded.
How does that give him an upload-feature though?
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Oic. Telnet into remote machine, fire up a telnet
session back to the originating box with script ...
Ugly, but would work I suppose.
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