rshd(ADMN)                      19 June 1992                      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.

 See also

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