[lug] RE: reference/tutorial for connecting to port 23

[matthew.w.mcillece at lmco.com]

Unfortunately I'm stuck using a device that only allows a telnet connection
over the Ethernet.  It comes that way from the vendor.  I need to have my
process running on another machine talk to the device.  Does anyone know if
such a thing is possible with telnet?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sean Reifschneider [SMTP:jafo at tummy.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, July 26, 2000 12:18 PM
> To:	lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Cc:	clue-talk at clue.denver.co.us
> Subject:	CLUE-Talk: Re: [lug] reference/tutorial for connecting to
> port 23
> 
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 11:57:22AM -0600, matthew.w.mcillece at lmco.com
> wrote:
> >telnet?  I've always expected telnet to be tied to the keyboard that
> >initiated the connection, but now need to pass characters generated by
> >another process through without user intervention, if possible.  I've
> been
> 
> Unfortunately, telnet wasn't really meant to do that.  Depending on
> exactly what you need to do, "ssh" or "expect" are probably what you
> want.  For example, with OpenSSH (www.openssh.com) you can do:
> 
> 	tar c / | ssh remotehost 'gzip -9 >/tmp/backup.tar.gz'
> 
> I think you can find expect on freshmeat.net -- it allows you to write
> modem-chat-like scripts which work with any program including telnet.
> 
> Sean
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