subbukk wrote: > sftp and scp both require receiver to share login password with sender. nc > doesn't. It just reads/writes bytestreams from/to network sockets. E.g. You > can transfer sub-directories across machines with : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ nc -lp 9999 | tar xzvf - ./src > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ tar czvf - ./src | nc -q 10 192.168.1.2 9999 > > without exchanging passwords.
It's extremely cool, and good for hardcore users, but most people don't have the level of understanding needed to use netcat effectively. Plus ftpd/sshd are standard daemons; netcat can be daemonized too but it requires some hand-coding. -- Gary _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
