Yeah, I thought of this old feature a few hours ago as well. However, what is supposed to be listening? I haven't reread the info or manual pages, but I don't remember that being specified anywhere obviously. Ssh can provide an encrypted tunnel, so that shouldn't be a problem. On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > Take another look at the tar docs. You got me curious, so I went and > looked and found that you can specify: > > [HOSTNAME]:f when you specify the tar archive filename target. > > I tested it and got: > > #tar cjpf 192.168.177.2:test.tbz janina+paula.jpg > minuet.rednote.net: Connection refused > tar (child): 192.168.177.2\:test.tbz: Cannot open: Input/output error > tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now > tar: Child returned status 2 > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > [root at concerto 20:04:18] pet# > > So, there is a way. Obviously nothing is listening on Minuet, but that's > just a matter of learning how to set it up. Clearly, tar on concerto > tried to establish a connection--and even obtained the remote HOSTNAME > from the ip address. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
