Re: rsh problem (update)

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
27 Aug 1999 19:10:40 -0700

In article <linux.kernel.199908280054.UAA10364@alcove.wittsend.com>,
Michael H. Warfield <mhw@wittsend.com> wrote:
>Kamran Karimi enscribed thusly:
>> The problem exists in remote executions too.
>
>> A simple script containing:
>
>> rsh 10.0.0.1 ls
>> rsh 10.0.0.1 ls
>> rsh 10.0.0.1 ls
>
>> ceases to work after 10 or 12 invocations. The error message is still
>> "poll: protocol failure in circuit setup"
>
> Try it again with ssh. Rsh is a pimple on the ass of the internet
>and should be stamped out and obliterated.

Well, that's certainly one way to improve the reliability of a system,
but if you say that everything that finds a bug in the kernel should
be obliterated, you'll soon end up with a system that's trivially
reliable, but not very useful in the real world.

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david parsons \bi/ Not likely to tell the users to use ssh for local
\/ connections.

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