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Re: Any good introductions for Kermit?

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In article <slrn100hmce.fcd.rotflol2@geidiprime.bvh>, rotflol2
@hotmail.com says...
> 
> I've stumbled accross a suggestion that Kermit can be good for file transfers.
> 
> https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2019-01-31-kermit.html
> 
> This works well, if you SSH within kermit, and I've tried it
> sucessfully.  But there is a way, supposedly, to run kermit as a
> 'server'.
> 
> I've followed the instructions here
> https://www.complete.org/how-to-run-an-internet-kermit-server/
> 
> To start a server, which works.  Sort of, I can login as anonymous, but get
> ?Access to system disabled
> when I try any commands.
> 
> The same happens when trying "the last kermit server"
> https://www.complete.org/try-the-last-internet-kermit-server/
> 
> I'm doing this purely out of interest, its not imperitave that it get it
> up and running.  I'm just looking for some good introductory
> documentation where I can begin to troubleshot this, and perhaps figure
> out how to get PAM authentication and/or TLS working.

If you're not looking to run something public, another option is using 
Kermit as an SSH subsystem:
https://kermitproject.org/skermit.html

That way you get to delegate security to OpenSSH and just leave Kermit 
to doing file transfer. Making a connection is still a little more 
complicated than it could be, but writing a script as instructed by that 
page should help.

In the unlikely event you want to make such a connection from a Windows 
box, I'll note that the Kermit 95 section of that page is out of date: 
Kermit 95 now has a built-in command (skermit) for making these kinds of 
connections using its built-in SSH client.

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