rsh, rlogin, rcp question

[Mike Cantrell]

> We are on a mostly trusted network with little user access to the
> systems.  I
> just needed a right now solution while I look into useing ssh as a
> replacement
> for the rcmd rcp stuff.
>
> 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
> files?  I guess I will be rtfming on this for a while so don't bother
> answering all this
> except maybe the drop in replacement stuff.
>
> Bill Warner
>


Yeah, they have very similar usage for doing default stuff. The ssh/scp
command support a lot more options but the basic functionality is the same.
You are on the right road as far as the .rhosts stuff goes, TFM has a few
different ways of doing the .rhosts thing (hint .shosts, and
ssh_known_hosts).


Regards,
Mike Cantrell