Re: /dev/tcp

On 2026-08-21, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:15:27 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I thought you said you were testing the *network*, not the *system*.
>
> You can’t really do that (in general) without access to a proper
> suite of diagnostic tools.
[...]
> And if you’re saying the situation would not allow me to do either of
> these things, then I would not have accepted the job in the first
> place.

I wonder what conversation would arise if you were locked in a room with
Angus MacGyver...


(And this starts reminding me of <http://www.xkcdb.com/5088>... (Ignore
the remark about "windows questions" and "use linux, noob", the rest is
what matters here.))

-- 
Nuno Silva