To telnet or to netcat... that's the question

[Ed Greshko]

On 09/01/2012 11:42 AM, NOSpaze wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-08-31 at 22:31 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 08/31/2012 10:15 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>> Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe add -o filename to record the session?  Or, try using the -i
>>>> parameter to delay sending data?
>>> I don't see a -o option in "man telnet".
>>> Have I misunderstood you?
>> Since "nc" is giving the problem....  I'm suggesting options within nc....  Same goes for -i
> Already tried -i. No success. Already tried:
>
> # iconv -f UTF-8 -t ISO8859-1 myscript > myscript.ISO8859-1
>
> (hah! could it be caused some encoding issue?)
>
> # chmod +x myscript.ISO8859-1
> # ./myscript.ISO8859-1
>
> and 
>
> # . ./myscript.ISO8859-1
>
> (hah! could it be caused by the environment vars?)
>
> asterisk said == Connect attempt from '127.0.0.1' unable to
> authenticate. This is making me lose the sense of existence. THIS USED
> TO WORK!!!
>
> :(

I managed to delete some of the original thread....  So, could you remind me....

The nc stuff ...  It works when you type it in from the terminal but fails when scripted?


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