01-08-2002
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WARNINGS
There is no way to specify options to the socket() call that rexec()
makes.
A program using rexec() should not be put in the background when
rexec() is expected to prompt for a password or user name. Putting
rexec() in the background will cause it to compete with the current
shell process for input.
Since rexec() replaces the pointer to the host name (*ahost) with a
pointer to the standard name of the host in a static data area, this
value must be copied into the user's data area if it is to be used
later.
The password is sent unencrypted through the socket connection.
Last edited by shaik786; 01-08-2002 at 10:25 AM..
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REXEC(3) Linux Programmer's Manual REXEC(3)
NAME
rexec - return stream to a remote command
SYNOPSIS
#define _BSD_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <netdb.h>
int rexec(char **ahost, int inport, char *user,
char *passwd, char *cmd, int *fd2p);
DESCRIPTION
This interface is obsoleted by rcmd(3).
The rexec() function looks up the host *ahost using gethostbyname(3), returning -1 if the host does not exist. Otherwise *ahost is set to
the standard name of the host. If a username and password are both specified, then these are used to authenticate to the foreign host;
otherwise the environment and then the user's .netrc file in his home directory are searched for appropriate information. If all this
fails, the user is prompted for the information.
The port inport specifies which well-known DARPA Internet port to use for the connection; the call getservbyname("exec", "tcp") (see get-
servent(3)) will return a pointer to a structure that contains the necessary port. The protocol for connection is described in detail in
rexecd(8).
If the connection succeeds, a socket in the Internet domain of type SOCK_STREAM is returned to the caller, and given to the remote command
as stdin and stdout. If fd2p is nonzero, then an auxiliary channel to a control process will be setup, and a descriptor for it will be
placed in *fd2p. The control process will return diagnostic output from the command (unit 2) on this channel, and will also accept bytes
on this channel as being Unix signal numbers, to be forwarded to the process group of the command. The diagnostic information returned
does not include remote authorization failure, as the secondary connection is set up after authorization has been verified. If fd2p is 0,
then the stderr (unit 2 of the remote command) will be made the same as the stdout and no provision is made for sending arbitrary signals
to the remote process, although you may be able to get its attention by using out-of-band data.
CONFORMING TO
Not in POSIX.1-2001. Present on the BSDs, Solaris, and many other systems. The rexec() function appeared in 4.2BSD.
BUGS
The rexec() function sends the unencrypted password across the network.
The underlying service is considered a big security hole and therefore not enabled on many sites, see rexecd(8) for explanations.
SEE ALSO
rcmd(3), rexecd(8)
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.27 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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