svn commit: r279603 - in head: bin/rcp usr.bin/rlogin usr.bin/rsh

[Hans Ottevanger]

On 03/05/15 13:21, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 02:48:29PM +0300, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 10:01:45PM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>> B> Author: bapt
>> B> Date: Wed Mar  4 22:01:44 2015
>> B> New Revision: 279603
>> B> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/279603
>> B>
>> B> Log:
>> B>   r* commands are not precious anymore
>> B>
>> B> Modified:
>> B>   head/bin/rcp/Makefile
>> B>   head/usr.bin/rlogin/Makefile
>>
>> I guess when they are going to be not precious enough to be removed? :)
>>
>> In modern world of ssh and https, does any OS require them in base?
>
> yes.
> Some telecom equipment require rlogin.
> _______________________________________________

Considering that the r-commands are not particularly large and also not 
really a maintenance nightmare, a would just keep them. They are (still) 
more or less part of the standard Unix toolbox, as perceived by 
end-users, and you had better not make life too difficult for them. The 
same is true for telnet.

I see these tools in use regularly, e.g. to control measurement 
equipment programmatically. Due to the price tag of those instruments, 
that won't change overnight. The usage is limited to a LAN however, 
nobody I know uses these tools over the public Internet anymore.

As far as I know only OpenBSD got rid of these tools up to now. Most 
other Unix(-like) systems still have them.

And if they absolutely have to go, what happens to the corresponding 
daemons in /usr/libexec (rshd and rlogind)?

Regards,

Hans