topic Re: ftp script in Operating System - HP-UX

ftp script

John_1005 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:05:03 GMT

Hello,

This hp-ux system won't allow ftp. sftp commands won't work either. I can only ftp the file from a windows desktop to this system using an ftp client (psftp). I have to automate the ftp process as a command line script.. Which ftp protocol is supported by the hpux system so that I can test a script from windows? Any ideas?

Re: ftp script

A. Clay Stephenson — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:09:55 GMT

HP-UX can support both standard FTP and SFTP (if the ssh software is installed) but the service(s) must be enabled. If I were doing your task I would use Perl because you get error checking for free and Perl will run on Windows. Check out the Net::FTP module.

Re: ftp script

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:11:32 GMT

Hi John:

You don't say what doesn't work. Make sure that your '/etc/inetd.conf' file allows the 'ftpd' daemon to be started. You should have a line that looks like:

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd

If not, add it, or uncomment it, and restart the 'inetd' daemon:

# /usr/sbin/inetd -c

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: ftp script

Kofi ARTHIABAH — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:22:35 GMT

If you want to share files between HPUX and a windows box, have you considered using CIFS/9000? Its free... and you can do a lot of neat things with it.

Good luck.

Re: ftp script

John_1005 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:39:04 GMT

Hello all,

Thanks for the replies. the hp-ux system supports sftp.

$ ps -ef | grep -i ftp
21782 21781 0 Oct 20 ? 0:00 sh -c /opt/ssh/libexec/sftp-server
10687 10686 0 09:15:19 ? 0:00 /opt/ssh/libexec/sftp-server

However, at the windows xp dos command, if I

>sftp
'sftp' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

So, in order to have sftp connect to hpux system from the windows system, could you tell what I require ...

Thanks

Re: ftp script

A. Clay Stephenson — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:43:05 GMT

Just do a Google search for "SFTP Client for Windows"; you should get tons of hits.

Re: ftp script

Zigor Buruaga — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:43:32 GMT

Hi,

If you use psftp ( the one which comes with the PuTTY software I guess ) you should be able to use it against a HP-UX box running ssh. Only type at your DOS prompt "psftp ip_address_of_your_server" and I think it should work.

Regards,
Zigor

Re: ftp script

Kofi ARTHIABAH — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:46:28 GMT

On the XP box, you need an sftp client. Cygwin available from http://www.cygwin.com/ (free)
has a full suite of unix commands including all sftp etc.
you can also try http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

Re: ftp script

Steve McClendon_1 — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:26:01 GMT

I've found that WinSCP is a nicer secure ftp tool that uses sftp. It has a GUI interface and unlike psftp.exe, it can transfer in binary and ascii mode. ASCII mode transfer is needed to move text files from DOS to UNIX format, because it auto-translates the CR/LF to CR conversion.

You can find WinSCP easily via web search.

Regards,
Steve