Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:07:28 -0500 From: Steve Ames <steve@virtual-voodoo.com> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rcp -x Message-ID: <20000914100728.A35439@virtual-voodoo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000913181820.31488M-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from rwatson@freebsd.org on Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 06:22:53PM -0400 References: <078601c01dc9$e857bcf0$8a1a050a@winstar.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000913181820.31488M-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert, Thanks for the explanation. That wasn't clear from the manpage. SSH sounds like the better path for me. -Steve On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 06:22:53PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote: > > The -x options on rsh, rcp, and rlogin rely on Kerberos support, which it > appears you haven't installed. > > (example w/o kerberos installed) > > rcp -x > rcp: illegal option -- x > usage: rcp [-p] f1 f2 > rcp [-pr] f1 ... fn directory > > (example w/kerberos installed) > > rcp -x > usage: rcp [-Kpx] [-k realm] f1 f2 > rcp [-Kprx] [-k realm] f1 ... fn directory > > There's a tutorial on setting up Kerberos in the handbook, although it may > be out of date. However, Kerberos involves substantial administrative > overhead -- if you're not interested in that, try using SSH. > > Robert N M Watson > > robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ > PGP key fingerprint: AF B5 5F FF A6 4A 79 37 ED 5F 55 E9 58 04 6A B1 > TIS Labs at Network Associates, Safeport Network Services > > On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Steven E. Ames wrote: > > > The man page for rcp(1) lists a '-x' option: > > > > -x Turn on DES encryption for all data passed by rcp. This may > > im- > > pact response time and CPU utilization, but provides > > increased > > security. > > > > But the command line doesn't seem to honor it? > > > > winrad3# rcp -x > > rcp: illegal option -- x > > usage: rcp [-p] f1 f2 > > rcp [-pr] f1 ... fn directory > > > > ditto -K and -k. > > > > -Steve > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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