passwordless rsh login for ubuntu karmic

Hal Burgiss hal at burgiss.net
Thu Jan 28 00:03:43 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:18:28PM +0100, Ulf Rompe wrote:
> Am 26.01.2010 12:30, schrieb Hal Burgiss:
> >> I would however suggest you use ssh , as it is more secure
> > At least on recent versions of Ubuntu, they are the same:
> 
> ...until you install rsh-client. /usr/bin/rsh is handled by the
> alternatives system; it can be provided by either rsh or ssh. To be
> sure, check "update-alternatives --display rsh".

Thanks for the clarification. I was wondering what happened to that old
rascal. I went looking for rcp the other day and didn't see it.

-- 
Hal




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