Re: rsh via ssh?

From: David Magda (dmagda+trace040423_at_ee.ryerson.ca)
Date: 05/08/04

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    Matti Juhani Kurkela <Matti.Kurkela@welho.com> writes:

    > Keyword: *on windows*, so there is no standard command-line way to do
    > things like rsh or ssh. On unix platforms, the ssh client is designed
    > to accept similar usage as rsh, so the replacement would be something
    > like this:
    > mv rsh rsh.is.obsolete.and.a.security.risk
    > ln -s ssh rsh

    This may not work in all circumstances. Some program use the rcmd(3)
    library function. (This is what it's named under FreeBSD, other
    Unixes may have a different name.) 

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David Magda <dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca>, http://www.magda.ca/
Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under
the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well 
under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI
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