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.\" @(#)rexec.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $Id$
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt REXEC 3
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm rexec
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.Nd return stream to a remote command
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Ft int
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.Fn rexec "char **ahost" "int inport" "char *user" "char *passwd" "char *cmd" "int *fd2p"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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This interface is obsoleted by
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.Xr rcmd 3 .
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It is available from the compatibility library, libcompat.
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.Ef
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn rexec
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function
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looks up the host
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.Fa *ahost
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using
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.Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
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returning \-1 if the host does not exist.
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Otherwise
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.Fa *ahost
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is set to the standard name of the host.
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If a username and password are both specified, then these
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are used to authenticate to the foreign host; otherwise
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the environment and then the user's
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.Pa .netrc
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file in his
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home directory are searched for appropriate information.
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If all this fails, the user is prompted for the information.
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.Pp
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The port
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.Fa inport
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specifies which well-known
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.Tn DARPA
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Internet port to use for
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the connection; the call
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.Ql getservbyname(\\*qexec\\*q, \\*qtcp\\*q)
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(see
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.Xr getservent 3 )
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will return a pointer to a structure, which contains the
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necessary port.
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The protocol for connection is described in detail in
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.Xr rexecd 8 .
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.Pp
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If the connection succeeds,
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a socket in the Internet domain of type
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.Dv SOCK_STREAM
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is returned to
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the caller, and given to the remote command as
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.Em stdin
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and
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.Em stdout .
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If
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.Fa fd2p
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is non-zero, then an auxiliary channel to a control
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process will be setup, and a descriptor for it will be placed
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in
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.Fa *fd2p .
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The control process will return diagnostic
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output from the command (unit 2) on this channel, and will also
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accept bytes on this channel as being
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.Tn UNIX
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signal numbers, to be
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forwarded to the process group of the command. The diagnostic
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information returned does not include remote authorization failure,
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as the secondary connection is set up after authorization has been
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verified.
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If
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.Fa fd2p
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is 0, then the
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.Em stderr
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(unit 2 of the remote
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command) will be made the same as the
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.Em stdout
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and no
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provision is made for sending arbitrary signals to the remote process,
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although you may be able to get its attention by using out-of-band data.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr rcmd 3 ,
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.Xr rexecd 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn rexec
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Fn rexec
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function sends the unencrypted password across the network.
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.Pp
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The underlying service is considered a big security hole and therefore
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not enabled on many sites, see
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.Xr rexecd 8
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for explanations.
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