Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 13:22:58 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Bob Badaracco <rjb@webspan.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Security and operation of rcmd function... Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970301132225.25057B-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <3317C933.7C74@webspan.net>
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On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Bob Badaracco wrote: > I'm hoping that a Unix RPC programming expert can shed some light > on using the rcmd() function call. The man page on this function > states that you must have super user priviledges in order to envoke > it as a client. Does the iruserok() function that controls client > validation at the server allow rcmd to be used by clients other than > the super user? If access to the rcmd() can be lowered so anobody > other than the SU can use it, how would I use iruserok() to do this? > > Basically, I need to use the rcmd() function to execute a program > on a remote server without requiring super user priviledges to do so. > Can this be done? Is there any reason you can't use rsh? I read that rcmd is deprecated. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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