Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!csc.anu.edu.au!anusf.anu.edu.au!drw900 From: drw900@anusf.anu.edu.au ("Drew R Whitehouse") Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: Remote Server Message-ID: <1991Jan18.182102@anusf.anu.edu.au> Date: 18 Jan 91 07:21:02 GMT References: <9101171730.aa19605@VGR.BRL.MIL> Reply-To: drw900@anusf.anu.edu.au Organization: Australian National University Supercomputer Facility Lines: 9 Nntp-Posting-Host: anusf.anu.edu.au In article <9101171730.aa19605@VGR.BRL.MIL>, SOFPJF@VM.UOGUELPH.CA (Peter Jaspers-Fayer) writes: |> 'scuse my *ix ignorance in general, and my Irix ignorance in specific, |> but what is the most strait-forward and robust way for me to allow users |> on one machine to cause a task to be perfomed on another machine (which |> they may or may not have an account on)? The 2 machines are on the same |> ethernet. |> Try "man rsh". This should do what what want. Drew