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Date:	Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:24:55 -0800
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On 1/16/2013 6:52 AM, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> On 01/16/2013 04:14 AM, Divakar wrote:
>> We used rsh (from third party tool) in our script. so we are planning 
>> to use the
>> same rsh functionality using cygwin.
>>
>> it needs lot of work in the machine side as well as in the script 
>> site if we
>> implement something new like ssh.
> In my experience, after setting up ssh to work, it's pretty much a 
> drop in replacement for rsh. By that I mean I've found that, again 
> once set up, if I simply change rsh -> ssh everything else works 
> without a change.
>
> And I believe that many more people know and use ssh than rsh meaning 
> you'd probably get more support by using ssh.
>
> Maybe you could describe exactly what you are doing with rsh...
I still remember the occasion 15 years ago when I entered "rsh tim" and 
found myself logged in as the head of corporate IT with root privilege.  
That was about the time when the big push to substitute ssh began.  I'm 
old enough to think of ssh as "something new" but this stretches the term.

-- 
Tim Prince


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