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Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:44:04 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: todays update affect on telnet, rlogin & rsh
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In-Reply-To: <50A89B19AEAAD411B9D200A0C9FB5699B34AC7@craius.cportcorp.com>; from Mark.Keil@cportcorp.com on Tue, May 22, 2001 at 03:58:49PM -0400
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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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