rshd(ADMN)                                                        rshd(ADMN)


 Name

    rshd - remote shell server

 Syntax

    /etc/rshd

 Description

    rshd is the network server for programs such as rcmd(TC) and rcp(TC),
    which need to execute a noninteractive shell on remote machines.  rshd is
    started by the ``super-server'' inetd, and therefore must have an entry
    in inetd's configuration file, /etc/inetd.conf.  (See inetd(ADMN) and
    inetd.conf(SFF).)

    rshd enforces an authentication procedure based on equivalence of user
    names (see rhosts(SFF)).  This procedure assumes all nodes on the network
    are equally secure.

    rshd also enforces an authentication procedure based on verification of
    user/host names.  (See net_access(NF).)

 Files

    /etc/net.allow      list of users/hosts allowed rcmd(SLIB) and rcp(TC)
                        access, see net_access(NF)
    /etc/net.deny       list of users/hosts denied rcmd(SLIB) and rcp(TC)
                        access, see net_access(NF)

 See also

    inetd(ADMN), rcmd(TC), rcp(TC), inetd.conf(SFF), netaccess(NF),
    rhosts(SFF)