Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-34,: Re: rsh problem (update)

# Re: rsh problem (update)

Michael H. Warfield (mhw@wittsend.com)
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 20:54:44 -0400 (EDT)

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Kamran Karimi enscribed thusly:
> The problem exists in remote executions too.

> A simple script containing:

> rsh 10.0.0.1 ls
> rsh 10.0.0.1 ls
> rsh 10.0.0.1 ls

> ceases to work after 10 or 12 invocations. The error message is still
> "poll: protocol failure in circuit setup"

Try it again with ssh. Rsh is a pimple on the ass of the internet
and should be stamped out and obliterated. Use something secure instead.

> This seems to be happening faster when the rshs are run concurrently by
> using & to start them.

If ssh works, I would call the rsh failure a feature.

> -Kamran

Mike

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