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From: dlj@hpfcso.HP.COM (Dave Jobusch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: 7.0 + Yellow Page + rcp BUG / monitor for 7.0 ?
Message-ID: <7370175@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 19 Jul 90 18:22:06 GMT
References: <1990Jul18.154933.12205@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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>/ hpfcso:comp.sys.hp / rkl@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk /  8:49 am  Jul 18, 1990 /
>I've found a bug with Yellow Pages + HP-UX 7.0 (Series 300) + the rcp command.
>Our hosts.equiv has +@our_cluster_groups in it, allowing anyone to copy
>a file to any other machine using the syntax:
>
>rcp host.username:filename filename
>
>However, this command now fails with HP-UX 7.0 if Yellow Pages is running
>with the error 'rcmd: host.username: Unknown host'. Strangely, the command
>DOES work if you use rcp host:filename filename (i.e. omit the username).
>
>Fix:
>
>Copy rcp from an HP-UX 6.5 backup - it works perfectly with or without the
>username in the command.
>

	Better yet, put the 7.0 rcp back in place and try:

	rcp username@host:filename filename

	I believe that the host.username format went away with 7.0.
	Check out the 7.0 man page for "rcp(1)".


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