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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Remote (server) file renames
Date: 2 Dec 1994 19:29:57 GMT
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In article <D028qE.M3@murdoch.acc.virginia.edu>,
Erik Hatcher <esh6h@fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU> wrote:
>I'm working on an application that is sending from
>VMS to VMS (either VAX or Alpha) C-Kermit (running
>version 190).
>I need to have the server side rename a file when
>it receives it, but I want to be sure that this
>operation is secure (meaning that a malicious
>user could NOT send a SYSUAF.DAT and rename it
>to the system one, etc). I.e. rename the file
>in the same directory to which it was sent.
>
>So I assume that enabling host is out. Can
>I disable "cd" and do a "remote kermit rename x y"?
>
DISABLE CD and DISABLE HOST to the Kermit server
program, before putting it in server more, then the
client can REMOTE RENAME X Y (not REMOTE KERMIT...)
Please refer to Chapter 7 of "Using C-Kermit".
It's all in there.
>Can I use APC from VMS to VMS? (I've only seen
>it mentioned that APC is for MS-DOS Kermit).
>
MS-DOS Kermit as well as C-Kermit 5A(190) for VMS,
UNIX, and OS/2 all support APC, but this only is
effective during CONNECT mode.
- Frank
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