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NAME

     rsh - remote shell

SYNOPSIS

     rsh [-45FGKdefnuxz] [-U string] [-p port] [-l username] [-P N|O] host
         [command]

DESCRIPTION

     rsh authenticates to the rshd(8) daemon on the remote host, and then
     executes the specified command.

     rsh copies its standard input to the remote command, and the standard
     output and error of the remote command to its own.

     Valid options are:

     -4, --krb4
             The -4 option requests Kerberos 4 authentication. Normally all
             supported authentication mechanisms will be tried, but in some
             cases more explicit control is desired.

     -5, --krb5
             The -5 option requests Kerberos 5 authentication. This is
             analogous to the -4 option.

     -K, --broken
             The -K option turns off all Kerberos authentication. The security
             in this mode relies on reserved ports. The long name is an
             indication of how good this is.

     -n, --no-input
             The -n option directs the input from the /dev/null device (see
             the BUGS section of this manual page).

     -d      Enable setsockopt(2) socket debugging.

     -e, --no-stderr
             Don’t use a separate socket for the stderr stream. This can be
             necessary if rsh-ing through a NAT bridge.

     -x, --encrypt
             The -x option enables encryption for all data exchange. This is
             only valid for Kerberos authenticated connections (see the BUGS
             section for limitations).

     -z      The opposite of -x.  This is the default, and is mainly useful if
             encryption has been enabled by default, for instance in the
             appdefaults section of /etc/krb5.conf when using Kerberos 5.

     -f, --forward
             Forward Kerberos 5 credentials to the remote host.  Also settable
             via appdefaults (see krb5.conf).

     -F, --forwardable
             Make the forwarded credentials re-forwardable.  Also settable via
             appdefaults (see krb5.conf).

     -l string, --user=string
             By default the remote username is the same as the local. The -l
             option or the username@host format allow the remote name to be
             specified.

     -n, --no-input
             Direct input from /dev/null (see the BUGS section).

     -p number-or-service, --port=number-or-service
             Connect to this port instead of the default (which is 514 when
             using old port based authentication, 544 for Kerberos 5 and non-
             encrypted Kerberos 4, and 545 for encrytpted Kerberos 4; subject
             of course to the contents of /etc/services).

     -P N|O|1|2, --protocol=N|O|1|2
             Specifies the protocol version to use with Kerberos 5.  N and 2
             select protocol version 2, while O and 1 select version 1.
             Version 2 is believed to be more secure, and is the default.
             Unless asked for a specific version, rsh will try both.  This
             behaviour may change in the future.

     -u, --unique
             Make sure the remote credentials cache is unique, that is, don’t
             reuse any existing cache. Mutually exclusive to -U.

     -U string, --tkfile=string
             Name of the remote credentials cache. Mutually exclusive to -u.

     -x, --encrypt
             The -x option enables encryption for all data exchange. This is
             only valid for Kerberos authenticated connections (see the BUGS
             section for limitations).

     -z      The opposite of -x.  This is the default, but encryption can be
             enabled when using Kerberos 5, by setting the libdefaults/encrypt
             option in krb5.conf(5).

EXAMPLES

     Care should be taken when issuing commands containing shell meta
     characters. Without quoting, these will be expanded on the local machine.

     The following command:

           rsh otherhost cat remotefile > localfile

     will write the contents of the remote remotefile to the local localfile,
     but:

           rsh otherhost ’cat remotefile > remotefile2’

     will write it to the remote remotefile2.

FILES

     /etc/hosts

SEE ALSO

     ktelnet(1), krb_realmofhost(3), krb_sendauth(3), hosts.equiv(5),
     krb5.conf(5), rhosts(5), kerberos(8) rshd(8)

HISTORY

     The rsh command appeared in 4.2BSD.

AUTHORS

     This implementation of rsh was written as part of the Heimdal Kerberos 5
     implementation.

BUGS

     Some shells (notably csh(1)) will cause rsh to block if run in the
     background, unless the standard input is directed away from the terminal.
     This is what the -n option is for.

     The -x options enables encryption for the session, but for both Kerberos
     4 and 5 the actual command is sent unencrypted, so you should not send
     any secret information in the command line (which is probably a bad idea
     anyway, since the command line can usually be read with tools like
     ps(1)).  Forthermore in Kerberos 4 the command is not even integrity
     protected, so anyone with the right tools can modify the command.