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Old 07-16-2007
Find files not accessed on a remote server and delete - Help!
Hi Guys,
I am currently working on a script to find all the files that have not been accessed for the past 2 years. This, i guess has been discussed n number of times in this forum. Now, my requirement is to find all the files in the remote windows server. I have it mounted in unix.

I was thinking of doing a rsh to the remote server, find all the files and delete it. This is the command i tried -

rsh -l USER <SERVER> find <TOP LEVEL DIR> -atime <2years> -exec rm -r {} \;

I am getting a permission denied error, which i guess is because i do not have permissions to do an rsh.

My question, Will this command work as expected? Can i do an rsh to the remote windows server and remove the files there?

Are there any other methods of doing this?


Thanks,
Ashwin
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Old 07-17-2007
Can you confirm the following info...

1. Have you entered windows host in /etc/hosts file
2. and /etc/hosts.eqiv or relevent files

check the same.

It might also be port issue( rsh port).
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