From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Mar 10 04:37:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA17671 for ports-outgoing; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 04:37:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from veda.is (ubiq.veda.is [193.4.230.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA17661 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 04:37:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from adam@localhost) by veda.is (8.8.4/8.7.3) id MAA26569; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:50:49 GMT Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:50:49 GMT From: Adam David Message-Id: <199703101250.MAA26569@veda.is> To: sauber@netcom.COM (Soren Dossing) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rexecd Newsgroups: list.freebsd.ports References: X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I did not find a port of webstone anywhere, so I am trying to make one. >But I need a suggestion. Part of the webstone test is to generate some >files and rcp them to the webservers www directory. This must be done as >root. >However reading the manual page for rexecd it turns out, that root is not >allowed to use the rcp, and that the entire concept of rexec/rexecd is an >example of how not to do things. >So right now I miss an example of how to do things. What would be the best >way to copy the files to the web server non-interactively ? How about using scp? (rcp replacement provided with ssh). Root is allowed, because of stronger and more secure authentication. -- Adam David