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Rexecd is a crock, it never should have been written, however make it so that people who have a need to run it don't hurt themselves so badly. Obtained from: Ideas obtained from logdaemon 4.3 from Wietse Venema
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.\" @(#)rexecd.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
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.\"
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.Dd September 23, 1994
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.Dt REXECD 8
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm rexecd
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.Nd remote execution server
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm rexecd
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Rexecd
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is the server for the
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.Xr rexec 3
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routine. The server provides remote execution facilities
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with authentication based on user names and
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passwords.
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.Pp
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.Nm Rexecd
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listens for service requests at the port indicated in
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the ``exec'' service specification; see
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.Xr services 5 .
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When a service request is received the following protocol
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is initiated:
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.Bl -enum
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.It
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The server reads characters from the socket up
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to a NUL
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.Pq Ql \e0
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byte. The resultant string is
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interpreted as an
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.Tn ASCII
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number, base 10.
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.It
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If the number received in step 1 is non-zero,
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it is interpreted as the port number of a secondary
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stream to be used for the
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.Em stderr .
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A second connection is then created to the specified
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port on the client's machine.
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.It
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A NUL terminated user name of at most 16 characters
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is retrieved on the initial socket.
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.It
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A NUL terminated, unencrypted password of at most
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16 characters is retrieved on the initial socket.
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.It
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A NUL terminated command to be passed to a
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shell is retrieved on the initial socket. The length of
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the command is limited by the upper bound on the size of
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the system's argument list.
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.It
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.Nm Rexecd
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then validates the user as is done at login time
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and, if the authentication was successful, changes
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to the user's home directory, and establishes the user
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and group protections of the user.
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If any of these steps fail the connection is
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aborted with a diagnostic message returned.
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.It
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A NUL byte is returned on the initial socket
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and the command line is passed to the normal login
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shell of the user. The
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shell inherits the network connections established
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by
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.Nm rexecd .
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.El
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.Sh CAVEATS
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.Nm Rexecd
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will no longer allow root logins, access for users listed in /etc/ftpusers,
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or access for users with no passwords, which were all serious security holes.
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The entire concept of rexec/rexecd is a major security hole and an example
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of how not to do things.
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.Nm Rexecd
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is disabled by default in /etc/inetd.conf.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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Except for the last one listed below,
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all diagnostic messages are returned on the initial socket,
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after which any network connections are closed.
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An error is indicated by a leading byte with a value of
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1 (0 is returned in step 7 above upon successful completion
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of all the steps prior to the command execution).
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Sy username too long
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The name is
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longer than 16 characters.
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.It Sy password too long
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The password is longer than 16 characters.
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.It Sy command too long
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The command line passed exceeds the size of the argument
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list (as configured into the system).
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.It Sy Login incorrect.
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No password file entry for the user name existed.
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.It Sy Password incorrect.
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The wrong password was supplied.
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.It Sy \&No remote directory.
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The
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.Xr chdir
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command to the home directory failed.
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.It Sy Try again.
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A
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.Xr fork
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by the server failed.
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.It Sy <shellname>: ...
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The user's login shell could not be started.
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This message is returned
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on the connection associated with the
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.Em stderr ,
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and is not preceded by a flag byte.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr rexec 3
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.Sh BUGS
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A facility to allow all data and password exchanges to be encrypted should be
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present.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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