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Date:      Fri, 16 Apr 1999 11:10:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        "John W. DeBoskey" <jwd@unx.sas.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   rexec documentation/compatibility question
Message-ID:  <199904161510.LAA25262@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199904160355.XAA13170@bb01f39.unx.sas.com>
References:  <199904160355.XAA13170@bb01f39.unx.sas.com>

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<<On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 23:55:10 -0400 (EDT), "John W. DeBoskey" <jwd@unx.sas.com> said:

> DESCRIPTION
>      This interface is obsoleted by rcmd(3).  It is available from the compat-
>      ibility library, libcompat.


>    However, I don't see how rcmd() can be used to replace rexec()
> since rcmd() is a root/rresvport mechanism, as where rexec() is
> a .netrc mechanism.

Don't send passwords in the clear over the net.

-GAWollman

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