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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: installing kermit
Date: 21 Aug 1997 16:34:36 GMT
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In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.970820170436.25368A-100000@u3.farm.idt.net>,
Tom Malloy <tmalloy@idt.net> wrote:
: I suspect the reason my provider does not want to install kermit
: is pretty simple. They are a small provider and don't have enough
: administrators. My suspicion is that the owner is the one and only
: administrator. He can barely keep a head of the work. If enough people
: use it I think I can convince him to install it. If a log file is not
: workable perhaps I can find another solution. Maybe I could add a brief
: message to be displayed when the program is run asking the user to also
: request the program.
:
Since Kermit would not be used for making calls (right?), but mainly in
"remote mode" for transferring files with those who are calling in, then
installation is quite simple:
1. Get the appropriate binary from us or build it from source.
2. Test it make sure it works.
3. Rename it to "kermit" and chmod 755 or whatever.
4. Move it to /usr/local/bin or similar place that is in everybody's PATH.
When installed in this way, it is an ordinary unprivileged user program --
no setuid or setgid privileges, etc.
You can do steps 1 - 3. Step 4 should take about 5 seconds.
If your ISP doesn't trust you and thinks you are trying to install a virus
or Trojan Horse, then you can refer them to us to get the binary, assuming
we have one (if we don't, then let me know).
- Frank