[plug] Remote machines

[Cameron Patrick]

On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:02:19AM +0800, Leon Blackwell wrote:
> Have you tried scp?  In cases where sftp isn't enabled (you should ask
> your isp about enabling it -- it's very useful), scp is a reasonable
> alternative.
> 
> My brain hasn't completely woken up yet today, so I'm not sure if not
> having a valid shell will stop this working.  Anyone know for sure?

I tried this.  Sadly neither SCP nor rsync seem to work without shell access.

cameron at euclid:~% scp someone at somewhere:somefile .
passwd: illegal option -- c
usage: passwd [-l] [-y] [-o] [-d domain [-h host]] [user]

CP.