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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:51:12 +0100
From: Alberto Serrano de la Casa <alberto DOT serrano AT madrid DOT sema DOT slb DOT com>
Subject: RE: RSH1001 rsh command error
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I think you are wright, Dave.
I have realized i'm not using cygwin rsh ( it's reflection's one!!! )
What is the path of cygwin's rsh? I can't find it at the bin directory.
At 12:51 21/01/2004 +0000, Dave Korn wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Alberto Serrano de la Casa
>
> > When I try the command :
> >
> > rsh <hostname> ls
> >
> > I get next error:
> >
> > RSH1001: The Local user name is undefined; it is not in the
> > registry and it is not defined as the NETUSER environment variable.
> >
> > However, If I execute
> >
> > rsh <hostname> -l <myusername> ls
> >
> > It works!
> >
> > I don't undesrtand at all , because the values of USER and
> > USERNAME values are the same as <myusername>.
> >
> > Any help, please?
>
>1) This isn't a cygwin problem.
>
>2) The error message makes it perfectly clear that RSH expects an
>environment variable called NETUSER, not USER or USERNAME.
>
>3) It's still not a cygwin problem.
>
>4) Although when you're using rsh the username on the remote system is
>usually the same as your local username, sometimes you'll want to act as a
>different user on the remote system.  That's why rsh uses a different
>variable rather than USER or USERNAME.
>
>5) It's still not a cygwin problem.
>
>6) Did you read the man page for rsh "man rsh", the info page "info rsh", or
>the usage info "rsh --help" before you posted this?
>
>7) It's still *soooooo* not a cygwin problem.  The cygwin version of rsh
>doesn't even contain the text for that error message you just described.
>Are you using MKS or SFU rsh, perhaps?
>
>
>        DaveK
>
>
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