Re: /dev/tcp

In comp.os.linux.misc, Lawrence DOliveiro <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:59:41 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:
>> This came up in the context of "how to test network on a system with
>> no root and no helpful utilities installed."
> So a version of bash that supports /dev/tcp is somehow excluded from
> that “no helpful utilities installed” assumption?

The system being tested did not have bash installed. Busybox provided
/bin/sh there.

> Sounds like a circular assumption to me, somehow. You know, where you
> phrase the requirements so the only solution is the one you already
> picked.

Maybe you can go reread that post you just replied to, with message id
<[email protected]>, and see if you can find this phrase:

   "ruled out because bash was not installed"

>> [*] knows you can use python, too, but doesn't have the code to do
>> so memorized
> Why would you need to?

It's very true that one can look things up, but also if you can do
things without looking them up, that's easier.

Elijah
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