28 Sep
2001
28 Sep
'01
7 p.m.
Your network isn't fully switched?
On the other hand, if I really had to do something like this, I would set up hosts.equiv to not require the password from a secure account on the administrative host. I would still rather not do it at all though. I'm generally uncomfortable with rsh-ing administrative commands.
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Mike Sphar - Sr Systems Administrator - Engineering Support
Peregrine Systems, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Shaun T. Erickson [mailto:ste@research.bell-labs.com]
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 9:57 AM
To: Hackworth, Brian
Cc: 'Julius Talbot'; toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: Versions
> The most reliable way to run advanced commands via rsh is
> with
>
> rsh -l root:{password} "priv -level secret; {command}"
And have my filer's root password go across the net in the clear? No way.
-ste