fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (fritz zaucker) (07/30/90)
I have a problem running GNU tar over a remote connection. I have tar-1.08 and want to access a tape on a remote host (TCPIP). I am running Interactive Unix ver. 2.02 (SysV3.2). Therefore I compiled withe USE_REXEC. To use tar I made a correct ~/.netrc file (ftp works and doesn't ask for password or login). When using GNU-tar with: tar -tf host:/dev/tape the login is rejected with the message Login incorrect According to the rexecd(1m) man page this means No password file entry for the user name existed. Something is wrong. Any hints? Thanks Fritz
bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (07/30/90)
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.