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

[Ben Koenig]

42.

The answer is 42.

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 9:26 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> 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*
>
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