Subject: Re: rexecd
To: Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@crufty.net>
From: Sean Davis <dive@endersgame.net>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 02/21/2005 21:23:00
On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 05:43:15PM -0800, Simon J. Gerraty wrote:
> >     I've just finished converting rexecd to use PAM and I'm looking
> >for programs that use rexec(3) in order to test it.  Does anybody know
> >of any?
> 
> Sorry, no.
> 
> >     BTW, FreeBSD doesn't allow root to use rexecd.  Should we add that
> >as well?
> 
> Why allow it at all - it sends username/passwd in clear ?

So does rsh, and rsh is still quite useful on LANs for things like rdist, if
you can trust your physical connections.

- Sean

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