Re^3: Net::FTP Help

Sorry for the confusion... let me be more precise.

I have effectively beaten the same limitation that is sited in the original post.
You need to be on a unix/linux workstation running Xwindows, or you need to have
an Xwindows emulator, such as eXceed, running on your Windows/Mac workstation. Then...

Write your Perl script to use Net::Telnet. Log in to the remote machine. Then "su" to root, /usr/bin/su - root
as root have your script start a shell session /usr/bin/sh -display what.every.your.ip
and pass it the "display" parameter. This WILL send the output from the shell to the IP address
that you specify.

Once your shell window opens up on your workstation, you can have your script start ftp. You will be
starting FTP as root. The main diffrence will be that you must put instead of get.

disclamer: this will not work "server-to-server". This will only work, as discribed, if you are
trying to connect from a workstation, running unix/linux, or a workstation running an Xwindows
emulator... but it absolutely does work.

- cybear

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Re: Re^3: Net::FTP Help by RMGir (Prior) on Aug 26, 2002 at 20:28 UTC
Sorry, cybear, but Net::Telnet has the same problem as Net::FTP does: it will send your root password across the wire in clear text. If you're going to try to do something like this, please use Net::SSH or Net::SSH::Perl. -- Mike	[reply]
Re: Re: Re^3: Net::FTP Help by cybear (Monk) on Aug 27, 2002 at 22:21 UTC
That part is absolutely correct... for sure this time. :-) - cybear	[reply]
Re: Re^3: Net::FTP Help by waswas-fng (Curate) on Aug 26, 2002 at 17:08 UTC
bah, let me be more precise. `[DING!] 1 [~]:msp-mainserver% /usr/bin/sh -display www.myhost.com:0.0 -display: bad option(s) [12:00pm] 2 [~]:msp-mainserver% /usr/bin/ftp -display www.myhost.com:0 +.0 ftp: s: unknown option` [download] Command line programs dont have a -display command line flag, You are seriously confused. /usr/bin/sh and ftp are not gui on any system I have ever worked on (Solaris, any distro of linux, aix, hpux, irix etc). but it absolutely does work. on what unix? I think not. -Waswas	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re^3: Net::FTP Help by cybear (Monk) on Aug 26, 2002 at 17:22 UTC
You know what... replace /usr/bin/sh with /usr/openwin/bin/xterm been a while... sorry about that. But it does work. :-) - cybear	[reply]