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From: jand@kuling.UUCP (Jan Dj{rv)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: 7.0 + Yellow Page + rcp BUG / monitor for 7.0 ?
Message-ID: <1596@kuling.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 90 08:20:38 GMT
References: <1990Jul18.154933.12205@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Reply-To: jand@kuling.UUCP (Jan Dj{rv)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Systems, Uppsala University, Sweden
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In article <1990Jul18.154933.12205@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk> rkl@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk writes:
: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).
:

Hmm, the syntax changed from the wierd 6.5:ish host.username:filename to the
IMHO much better syntax user@host:filename in 7.0.

The man page for rcp makes this clear.
See also the WARNINGS section in the man page for rcp (7.0 that is) about
mixing pre 7.0 rcp with 7.0 rcp.

	Jan D.