This would be implementation specific.  All implementations I've worked with
support calls to the OS to run such utilities.

I believe Cache does handle sockets natively, including multi-listeners.


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zeno
Davatz
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 8:07 AM
To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Can/could MUMPS call OpenSSH, GPG and Rsync?

On 8/2/05, Mike Lieman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/2/05, Zeno Davatz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ok, but could MUMPS call OpenSSH, GPG ans Rsync to connect client and
> server?
> > 
>  I think the point here is that MUMPS cannot listen to the socket, and
spawn
> a child process to deal with the incoming session.
>  
>  That *is* the job for xinetd.  Or you could 'gin up a minimalist socket
> listener in, say Perl, but then YOU own the security issues.
>  
>  Use a distro which supports updating, and let the package maintainers
worry
> about the  security issues.
Ok, I just emerge xinetd will try if I get a connection now.

Thanks
Zeno


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