Question about "rexec"

Thu May 22 21:18:00 GMT 2003

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On 2003年5月21日, David HALE wrote:
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>I am writing a shell script that needs to execute commands on a remote
>>system using "rexec". I want to do this without typing in a password every
>>time the "rexec" command executes. The way I see it the "rexec" command in
>>CYGWIN does not allow a password to be passed. I have tried to use a
>>".netrc" file (to supply the password) with the format:
>> machine remote_machine_name login remote_username password string
>>I have not been able to get this to work. I cannot find a man page or other
>>CYGWIN documentation for "rexec" or ".netrc".
>>>>Is it possible to do this with CYGWIN?
>>>>David Hale
>>>>>>Umm, why not use "ssh"?
>	Igor
>>When I use ssh I get prompted for a password.
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