[Info-vax] SSH

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <8scmptFc82U3 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill
Gunshannon) writes: 

> > In article <00AAB465.16D9AA14 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- 
> > @SendSpamHere.ORG writes: 
> > 
> >> You can easily change the port with:
> >> 
> >> $ ssh -p ####
> >> $ sftp -oPort=####>
> >> $ scp -P ####
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Don't you just love that unix command line uniformity? ;)
> 
> Don't you just love it when people who haven't a clue about unix think
> some third party program is actually part of the OS.

Is there an official definition of what is part of the OS in unix and
what is not?  Certainly I've heard many people complain that in VMS,
TCPIP is not "part of the OS".  The "bag of tools" philosophy is
certainly part of unix.  In any case, the syntax is unix-style, not
VMS-style. 

> > "When your unix sysadmin mentions security, he's talking about his job."
>  
> Unix sysadmins have no need to worry about job security they have lots
> of positions to choose from.  

Perhaps because one needs people who remember all the cryptic commands.