things rcp needs
both machines need to be knowen to each other
either in dns or /etc/hosts
it is easiest if both have same account name otherwise you will need the
-l username
option
need to have a line in ~/.rhosts like
<hostname> <username>
~/.rhosts MUST be chmod 600
with all this set up you should be able to get setup and working.
Bill Warner
> Hey guys.. I just got my hands on a old Caldera 1.1 box. I need to get
> some data off of it and would like to use rcp because it's already on the
> system but it doesn't do authentication like scp does. I've been spoiled
> I know.. I could install OpenSSH and just do it the way I've always done
> it but I'd like to learn something here.. What needs to be set for rcp to
> do it's stuff?
>
> Don
>
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