[PLUG] YES!!! - was Re: [Retitled for clarity] File sharing over a two node LAN

[Richard Owlett]

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*