Re: [9fans] vmware snarf problem

2009-08-03 Thread Russ Cox
There is a protocol writeup at http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/backdoor.html Russ

Re: [9fans] vmware snarf problem

2009-08-03 Thread Michaelian Ennis
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:34 AM, Gorka Guardiola wrote: > Isn't this related to the software Russ wrote for vmware (nda > protected) and which stopped being updated?. I know > there was a special snarf for vmware. I contacted VMware to see if I could get hold of the information to which Russ allud

Re: [9fans] vmware snarf problem

2009-07-30 Thread Dave Eckhardt
> unfortunately the source for vmwarefs doesn't seem to > be available, so i can't investigate further. http://9fans.net/archive/2008/12/180 Dave Eckhardt

Re: [9fans] vmware snarf problem

2009-07-30 Thread Federico G. Benavento
I found that it's just easier running a cpu server in vmware and drawterm to it, that way I get snarf working properly, plus I see the files on the host in /mnt/term On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Gorka Guardiola wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:22 AM, roger peppe wrote: >> actually, i lied w

Re: [9fans] vmware snarf problem

2009-07-30 Thread Gorka Guardiola
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:22 AM, roger peppe wrote: > actually, i lied when i said that nothing ever comes > out of the snarf buffer. if i copy some text externally > (inside mac os), then i get it, just once, inside plan 9/vmware. > reading it seems to clear it. > Isn't this related to the soft

Re: [9fans] vmware snarf problem

2009-07-30 Thread roger peppe
actually, i lied when i said that nothing ever comes out of the snarf buffer. if i copy some text externally (inside mac os), then i get it, just once, inside plan 9/vmware. reading it seems to clear it. e.g. term% cat /dev/snarf hello world term% cat /dev/snarf term% 2009/7/30 roger peppe : >

[9fans] vmware snarf problem

2009-07-30 Thread roger peppe
continuing my litany of vmware woes: my vmware snarf buffer doesn't seem to read correctly. e.g. term% echo hello > snarf term% cat snarf term% pwd /mnt/vmware term% the data is correctly copied into the system (mac os) snarf buffer, but nothing ever comes back the other way. unfortunately the