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Re: todays update affect on telnet, rlogin & rsh
On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 03:58:49PM -0400, Mark Keil wrote:
> Corinna,
>
> Sorry, being 3 deep in interrupts I didn't proof that line.
>
> It should read:
> If I run inetd from the command line, rsh no longer works,
> it just hangs.
>
> In fact it hangs on stdin, a ^d will get it to close.
> It ignores the command after the machine name.
> echo pwd | rsh ntbox echo xxx
> results in: //server/homedir
> and not in: xxx
>
> Any insight is appreciated.
Sure, rshd is crap. That doesn't help? I know. I have changed
rshd in the meantime so that it works more reliable but I'm
not yet finished and the fact remains the same: rshd is crap.
If you need a good substitute, use ssh.
Corinna
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