\_ one question that might be a good one.  I have only ever used ssh as a 
\_ replacement
\_ for telnet and never really looked into all of its functionality.  can 
\_ it be a drop in
\_ replacement for the r* commands?  if i crated links from rcp -> scp and 
\_ rcmd -> ssh
\_ will scripts still run?  and how do I go about authintication for 
\_ replaceing the .rhosts

Some versions of ssh support this aliasing out of the bag after
configuring; they may also fallback to the 'real' rsh if ssh can't
make it go.  YMMV.  

see also .shosts

David