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 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=ick _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members