42. The answer is 42.
On Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 9:26 AM Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/15/2019 10:34 AM, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > >> On 08/12/2019 04:25 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> On 08/12/2019 02:35 PM, Galen Seitz wrote: > >>>> On 8/12/19 11:43 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> My post declared SERVER/CLIENT? relationships are [expletives > deleted ;] > >>>> > >>>> And I bet your desktop is running an X *server*.? Oh, the horrors! > >>>> > >>>> If you really want to compute like it's 1975, there's always uucp, but > >>>> I think you would be much better served (pun intended) by learning how > >>>> to use scp or nfs/samba. > >>>> > >>> > >>> *CAVEAT LECTOR* > >>> uucp may be *EXACTLY* what I'm looking for YMMV ;/ > >>> need to read further > >> > >> I've been reading ;} "cu" describes what I envisioned. > >> https://www.airs.com/ian/uucp-doc/uucp_3.html#SEC21 states in part: > >>> The cu program is used to call up another system and act as > >>> a dial in terminal. It can also do simple file transfers with > no > error checking. > >> > >> It says "dial in terminal". If I read the documentation, > >> [https://www.airs.com/ian/uucp-doc/uucp_6.html#SEC79] > >> correctly, that should be no problem. The documentation explicitly notes > >> security issues. For my _initial_ usage that should not be an issue. > > > > I hate to burst your bubble, but 'cu' is technically a Client, > > and the getty running on the other end, or what ever you login to > > is known as a Server. > > > > Your simply going to use 50 year old tech to do what one would > > do with scp/ssh today. > > > > _*ROFL*_ !!!!!!!!!!!! ;/ > I have a _suspicion_ that I once carpooled with an early contributor. > > I *ASSERT* my quote represents *MY* goal(s). > > How about assuming I actual *KNOW* what *I* want? > This generation has different goals. > *MAY* I have mine????????????????????? > > P.S. > I wish people would answer the "question asked" rather than ... > *ROFL* > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
