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From: Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria AT Salira DOT com>
Subject: Re: Question about "rexec"
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:02:13 -0700
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

>On Wed, 21 May 2003, David HALE wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am writing a shell script that needs to execute commands on a remote
>>system using "rexec".  I want to do this without typing in a password every
>>time the "rexec" command executes. The way I see it the "rexec" command in
>>CYGWIN does not allow a password to be passed. I have tried to use a
>>".netrc" file (to supply the password) with the format:
>>     machine remote_machine_name login remote_username password string
>>I have not been able to get this to work. I cannot find a man page or other
>>CYGWIN documentation for "rexec" or ".netrc".
>>
>>Is it possible to do this with CYGWIN?
>>
>>David Hale
>>    
>>
>
>Umm, why not use "ssh"?
>	Igor
>  
>
When I use ssh I get prompted for a password.



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