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Re: Reg: RSH deamon on cygwin

Manjunatha Appaji Gowda wrote:
> I configured the rsh on cygwin as per the /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-1.3.2.README/ 
> 
> On Jul  4 15:05, Manjunatha Appaji Gowda wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Is it possible to configure RSH daemon running on cygwin, so that we can
>> connect from Linux machine to cygwin prompt using RSH. If yes please let
>> me know the steps.
> 
> You should consider to use ssh instead.  rsh is an inherently insecure
> protocol.  Just install the openssh package using Cygwin setup and
> follow the instructions in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README.

I echo Corinna's suggestion to use openssh instead. But, if you choose
to continue with rsh, I suggest upgrading to inetutils-1.5-X, which has
seen a number of changes, as well as improved documentation for setting
it up on cygwin.

--
Chuck

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