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From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,gnu.utils.bug
Subject: Re: rexec in ISC, GNU tar fails
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Date: 30 Jul 90 15:23:12 GMT
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In-Reply-To: fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu's message of 29 Jul 90 22:03:07 GMT

Since rexec is a huge, monstrous, gaping security hole, most folks
turn it off, use rsh and rmt, and suffer with the merely giant
security hole of /.rhosts.