From owner-freebsd-current Fri Apr 16 8:13: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE91152E8 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:12:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA25262; Fri, 16 Apr 1999 11:10:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 11:10:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199904161510.LAA25262@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: "John W. DeBoskey" Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: rexec documentation/compatibility question In-Reply-To: <199904160355.XAA13170@bb01f39.unx.sas.com> References: <199904160355.XAA13170@bb01f39.unx.sas.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG < 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 -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message