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Re: rsh-server



"Victory" <victorytran@hotmail.com> writes:

> I just installed rsh-server and don't know how to set it up so that 
> I can do "rlogin temp1 -l root" from remote machine.

You almost certainly don't want to, unless you *want* your root
password passing across the network in the clear.  Better:

(1) Remove rsh-server.
(2) Install ssh.  Make sure the sshd is running.
(3) ssh to the machine as your normal user.
(4) Use 'su' to become root.

-- 
David Maze         dmaze@debian.org      http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/
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