Transfer protocol

[eric_204]

Our user use the terminal emulator to telnet to the HP UX 11.0 server , they use the free protocol "zmodem" to download files from the server , if I want to upload file , could suggest what tools ( except ftp ) that is good in my case ? thx.

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi,

Kermit is a (old) prococol you can use
A new(er) one is scp. scp is a secure rcp kind of way to transport files and can be configured to work with no user interaction.

Gideon

[Elmar P. Kolkman]

It depends on what is possible... If you only can do it over the telnet line, like your zmodem, you might think about kermit or zmodem (which can also be used for uploading). You could even use the other old BBS software.

If you can setup extra connections, Gideons suggestion of scp or sftp (there are good versions of those for lots of OS's around, both commercial and for free) is the way to go.

Other solutions might be samba (mount a unix disk on your workstation) to exchange files. Or you could mail them. But these two solutions I wouldn't recommend. They are tricky and have some security issues you might run into later.

Good luck and a happy new year.

[Bill Hassell]

If you are using telnet, then you obviously have a network connection. The only reason to use xmodem, zmodem or even kermit is because you are on a serial connection (like a modem). Otherwise, ftp is much preferred since it is more reliable and certainly much faster. Now PC's generally do not come with incoming ftp available (that is, ftp from HP-UX to the PC) but if you run ftp from your PC, you can transfer files in both directions.