rsh without password in fc6

Rick Stevens rstevens at internap.com
Tue Aug 7 20:31:20 UTC 2007


On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 13:18 -0400, Clayton, W A wrote:
> Hello, 
> I need to know if there is a way to configure fedora core 6 so rsh
> works between trusted systems without using a password.

It is highly recommended that you use ssh and share the keys.  ssh
encrypts all traffic...rsh sends everything in cleartext.  Not good for
security.

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