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From: Todd on 3 Jun 2010 16:09
On 06/02/2010 09:52 AM, John Hasler wrote:
> Post the output of "ls /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin" so that we can see
> what commands are available. You just need something which can write to
> a port. You can do that with Bash now, but I don't recall when that was
> added. If you have Perl Bob's your uncle.

I will not have access to the machine for a week of so.
From: Todd on 3 Jun 2010 16:10
On 06/02/2010 07:32 PM, unruh wrote:

> However you seem to imply that it DOES have internet access ( you talk
> about telnet) so you DO know how to get anything on or off it.

That was the purpose of the post. Is there any way to
transfer file over a telnet connection?

From: Todd on 3 Jun 2010 16:11
On 06/02/2010 09:32 PM, jellybean stonerfish wrote:
>
> I don't have a telnet server up to connect to, so I cant test it, and
> never have, but I thought telnet allowed you to log on and get a command
> line interface to the system. Can you telnet in, and get a command line,
> or am I totally confused.

When I get the new server in place, I will be able to telnet
into the old server.

Once I establish a telnet connection, is there a way
to transfer files over it?

-T


From: Todd on 3 Jun 2010 16:13

> I've heard that it is possible to wedge some other protocol into telnet
> (e.g., sz/rz) and transfer files that way, but as the goal here seems to
> be extreme simplicity, it seems we probably can't go down that path.
>

I am going to have to see if the old guy has sz/rz on it.
sz/rz seem old enough. (I do not have access to the
old guy for a week or so or I'd look.)
From: Todd on 3 Jun 2010 16:16
On 06/03/2010 07:29 AM, Robert Heller wrote:

> Yes. FTP should be entirely suffiecent. Since tar is also said to be
> available on the old box, the OP actually has all he needs. These two
> alone should be all the OP needs. He will need to install a ftp server
> on the new CentOS box: 'yum install vsftpd' will do that. Then he
> needs to do some configuration of vsftpd to allow incoming
> non-anonymous ftp with write ability. He will then be 'golden'.


Too many years ago that I have forgotten, I use to save tar
balls on other machines. I have forgotten. That would be
perfect.

Something like

tar cvf SomeOtherMachine:/home/myfiles.tar /home/.
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