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Subject: Re: DECnet <-> TCP/IP
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Date: Fri, 19-Jun-87 01:05:13 EDT
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 > If I am running on a DECnet machine, is there any way I can transfer  files
 > to  or  from  any  TCP/IP machine without having to log in to node X to run
 > FTP?

Well, there's always TFTP (if you can persuade  the  managers  of  the  TCP/IP
machines  to enable it; unlikely).  Now, when you copy the files using DECnet,
what actually happens is you start a  process  running  under  a  prespecified
account  (unless you're using an access control string), the accounting on the
remote system (if it is running) duly note that you've effectively  logged  in
on the machine under the default account), and the process you've started does
the work on that end for you.  Now, that's very nearly the same  as:   Running
FTP  from  your  system, connecting to the remote system, logging in under the
ANONYMOUS FTP account (where instead  of  giving  a  password,  you  give  the
machine  your  name and your machine's), and then using FTP to move the files.
Get the managers of the TCP/IP machines to set up ANONYMOUS FTP for you.