Thanks to : Rasal Kumarage, John Tan and Piotr Konieczny for responses.
Posting :
> Have installed V5.0 1094 Alpha on AS4100 , Need rexec but cannot
> locate it.
> Have experienced the same problem on a Sun Box some months ago and had
> to download a tar-ball, cannot seem to locate one for Tru64unix.
>
> Any pointers much appreciated.
The general consensus was that I should use ssh or rsh for the execution _at_
remote machines. As these are safer (but slower) methods of execution.
However as John pointed out there is still an rexecd executable installed
as default on Tru64 and hence the insecurity still persists (as the deamon
is the point that is deemed insecure). The destination platform for my
rexec commands has a more secure version of rexecd running on it which logs
connections (both refused and granted)
As is THE most important aspect of my requirement, I managed to get hold of
the source code for the rexec I had previously installed onto a Sun machine
(from a colleague within the company). I have compiled this and the command
works perfectly for our needs. As this was obtained internally I am
presently trying discover the original location for this source code - all
I have at the moment is that it came from an Australian site and what not
very easy to find. I'll post the location if/when I discover more.
Thanks once again .
David Hammett
Received on Wed Dec 20 2000 - 08:18:13 NZDT