From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Jul 23 18:55:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA13884 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 18:55:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA13820; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 18:55:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA01248; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:24:51 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA07605; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:24:46 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980724112446.Y716@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:24:46 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Jin Guojun , denis@acacia.cts.ucla.edu, trouble@webfyre.com Cc: bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RSH in 2.2.7 appears to be broken!!! References: <199807232248.PAA15082@george.lbl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199807232248.PAA15082@george.lbl.gov>; from Jin Guojun on Thu, Jul 23, 1998 at 03:48:10PM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thursday, 23 July 1998 at 15:48:10 -0700, Jin Guojun wrote: >>> I just upgraded to 2.27 and the rsh client appears to be broken, >>> >>>> rsh localhost date >>>> Broken pipe >>> >>> the rlogin client does work fine, though. Any fixes for this? >> >> Ummm yeah dont use rsh....... nor any r* services.... use ssh >> instead......... > > Many things are depend on r* services. If r* services is not useful, why > we provide them? This is not the solution. It is simple to say, but who > wants to rewrite tons of scripts used for many yesrs? I think "Security Mgr." has not noticed the name of the destination system. He's right for Internet connections, but ssh and friends are overkill for localhost. I don't know about the original problem, though. It smells of a configuration problem to me. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message