Re: CVS_RSH for :ext: CVS access
On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 11:46:49PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Mike M (linux-support@earthlink.net) [030612 21:48]:
> > On the Debian system, when I query evironments vars, I do not set
> > CVS_RSH set. Why do the Debian systems allow the :ext: access
> > method to work without having the CVS_RSH var set?
>
> The default is to use rsh. If you've installed ssh, but not
> rsh-client, then /usr/bin/rsh is a symlink to ssh. (Well, indirectly,
> anyway, through the alternatives system).
... for now, anyway. There's a bug report asking for this to be removed
since ssh no longer implements the rsh fallback that it used to
implement; I'm inclined to agree, so it may disappear soon.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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