Re: CVS_RSH for :ext: CVS access
On Friday 13 June 2003 04:42, Colin Watson wrote:
> 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.
Where and how is the defaulting done? CVS compile option? Config file? Ask
the package maintainer?
I don't want to change CVS on Debian. I want to understand why I don't have
to set CVS_RSH on Debian.
Thanks,
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Mike Mueller
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