Cheers,
Paul
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Paul Andersen paul@egate.net
System Administrator T: +1 (416) 447-8505x23
E-Gate Communications Inc. F: +1 (416) 447-6447
Toronto, Ontario P: +1 (416) 382-9316
On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Paul Andersen (ML) wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
> >
> > > Which is better:
> > > rlogin to the uucp machine
> > > or
> > > telnet to port 540 on the uucp machine
> > > from the portmaster
> >
> > We use Rlogin and it works spiffy...
> >
> > >
> > > By better I mean most efficient. I know about the extra username/password
> > > prompt. If there a way to remove the extra username/password prompt?
> >
> >
> > You could either add your pm's IP to your hosts.equiv or put the
> > pm's IP in the uucp home directory. You probably have the directory set
> > to /var/spool/uucppublic or something. Just put your pm(s) in a file
> > called .rhosts...
>
> Thanks for the answer, but this is not the answer I was looking for.
>
> I know that I can use rlogin (been using it for over two years)
> what I wan't to know what is more efficient - rlogin or telnet to port 540
> for uucp.
>
> Krzysztof
>
>
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