[uClibc] rsh server

maryam maryam_seraj at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 9 15:59:20 UTC 2005


> > it's non-interactive. There are quite a few 
> > scripts on the control plane which rsh into the
> 
> euhm:
> $ ssh user at host ls
> 
> > data plane to execute a few things. Since I
> upgraded 
> > the kernel/busybox versions on the data plane, 
> > therefore, I need to comply with the way it used 
> > to be done before, hence having to have a rsh 
> > server.
> 
> I don't think that ssh does anything less than rsh
> does, only more...
> 
> have a look at ssh-keygen. When creating keys
> without a password, you
> just need to pass the public key to the clients that
> want to access your
> embedded server.
> 
The decision to go with rsh originally was made
before my time at the company, but I suspect it
was because the server (data plane) was required
to execute a few commands per client's request,
as part of it's startup process, so this is even
before anybody has a chance to create ssh keys on
the server side. It's sort of like the chicken 
and egg problem. This whole part of the system 
is going to be re-designed, but until then the 
box has to continue to work with possibly no 
changes to the client side. So, now I'm not sure 
if ssh will work for me.

Thanks,
Maryam


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