Get contents of a folder, in a remote server

[Bell Deep]

I am very new to perl..

Problem:
I wanted a perl script, that gets the contents of a folder in a remote server i.e, the output of the script should be the files or subfolder within the given folder.

I know the ip address and password of the remote server

or please tell me how to go about it...

Thanks in advance

[rellaboyina]

Hi,

Net::Telnet module will be very much helpful to you. Go through that.

[prn]

You might also want to look at ssh (e.g., Net::SSH) for running remote commands. Telnet is much less secure. In fact one of the first things I do when setting up a Unix/Linux box is to disable telnet.

Recognizing that unsolicited, free advice is often worth exactly what you pay for it, I'll give you this advice anyway: Don't allow a box to answer telnet connections unless it is on an isolated network where nothing unauthorized can reach it. And even then be wary.

About a dozen years ago, my organization was hacked and we tracked the hack back to ethernet sniffing for telnet connections. Among the changes we made was to disallow telnet for any admin purposes. Now admin passwords are never transmitted in cleartext and (imho, not coincidentally) we have not been hacked since. This is not to say that there are no other vulnerabilities thay you will need to be aware of, but this is one of the critical ones.

Best Regards,
Paul