Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/07/26/21:32:56
Li_Adrian AT emc DOT com wrote:
> I realize that ssh is safer, but my boss said that he wants rsh because
> that is what the rest of our computers are running, or something along
> those lines. I even got ssh to work, and he still said that he wanted
> rsh. Believe me, I was pushing for ssh. I now get a different answer,
> however, when I run rsh commands ("Permission denied.") Is anyone
> willing to help?
>
> Thanks,
> Adrian
>
>
> * (Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:05:17 -0400)
>> I'm trying to rsh into a computer that is running Windows 2003 server,
>> but I get the error "No Remote Directory." I can, however, ftp and
>> telnet into that same box, and when I ping it, the test comes back as
>> successful. Anyone have any ideas?
>
> <broken record>
> rsh is an inherently unsecure protocol. Don't use it. Don't use
> the excuse that this is on a local corporate network only. You
> have no idea who's sniffing on your network. Better use a secure
> protocol instead, like ssh. All services provided by the OBSOLETE
> rsh/rlogin/telnet interfaces are provided in a much more secure
> way by ssh.
> </broken record>
At my former place of employment(>8 years ago) I once typed 'rsh tim'
and found myself logged in as the CIO, with root privilege. I think
this should indicate why the <broken record> response above had already
gained some adherents.
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