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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