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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:32:35 -0700
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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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