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SunOS 4.1.1, Sunlink X.25, Infonet X.25 PDN

We have the need to transfer files between two Sun machines on an X.25
network (Infonet). One machine will not be running x25manager so we
won't have the two machines speaking TCP/IP between them and we won't
be able to copy files using rcp. We will have the x29 daemon running
between the two machines though so we would like to transfer files
using pad. Is there any way to do this?	I can think of three possible
ways to do this:

1. Somehow get kermit or another file transfer program to connect to
pad (perhaps through ptys?), log in to the remote machine and spark up
the kermit there. I don't know how to get kermit to talk to a local
pad though.

2. Somehow use the x29-auth file to spark up a remote ftp or some
other program when the pad connection is made and then talk to that. I
don't like this idea because the remote ftp is started as root and
then the person could get a root shell within ftp.

3. Write a program locally that connects to the remote x29 daemon,
logs in and transfers the files. This is a pain because I have to
write parsing code to log in, find the prompt, etc.

4. Skip X.29 completely and run a daemon on the remote machine that is
used for transferring files. I would have to write a local program
also for initiating the transfer. This is pain because I have to write
a couple of programs.

Surely this issue has been approached before and I am just missing
something. Can someone tell me a solution?
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Scott Simpson, Investment Technology Group, iac!simpson@uunet.uu.net