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From: bell@apple.com (Mike Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: MacX question
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Date: 17 Apr 91 15:55:49 GMT
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>Apparently, MacX has a menu command to execute a command on the remote
>machine.  Does anyone out there have any idea what facility it uses to
>do this?  Rsh, rlogin, what?




  MacX uses rexecd to fire off remote X clients.  Once you make sure that your 
machine has rexecd (SysV.3.x doesn't), and you configure the hosts.equiv and 
rhosts correctly, it works great.....



            Mike