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diff --git a/net/rdist6/DESCR b/net/rdist6/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..de7c02e0148 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/rdist6/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +This is derived from version 6.1 of Rdist from USC. It is based on +rdist from 4.3BSD (classic). It includes all fixes for all bugs known +to the CSRG Berkeley folks. It has been running at USC and numerous +other sites for some time now on a wide variety of platforms. + +This version of rdist is not directly compatible with rdist +distributed with 4.3BSD and subsequent vendor releases, but does +indirectly provide full backward compatibility. See COMPATIBILITY +below for details. + +This version of rdist does not need to be setuid "root" at all. Rdist +now uses the rsh(1c) [remote command] program to make connections to +remote hosts, instead of making the connection directly. This +eliminates the need to be run as "root". Many thanks to Chris +Siebenmann <cks@utcc.utoronto.ca> and John DiMarco +<jdd@cdf.toronto.edu> who came up with an rsh version of rcmd() that +makes this possible. |