remsh(1N)                                               remsh(1N)



NAME
     remsh - invokes to a shell on a remote system

SYNOPSIS
     remsh rhost [-l username] [-n] [command]

ARGUMENTS
     command
          Specifies the remote command to be executed.  If you
          omit command, then instead of executing a single
          command, you are logged in on the remote host using
          rlogin(1N).

     -l username
          Specifies a different remote user name.  By default,
          the remote user name that is used is the same as your
          local user name.  The remote account must have its
          rhosts file set up to grant you permission to log in
          without prompting you for the password; no provision is
          made for specifying a password with a command.

     -n   Redirects the standard input to /dev/null.

     rhost
          Specifies the remote host system to connect to.

DESCRIPTION
     remsh connects to a specified remote host, rhost, and
     executes a specified remote command (command) via a local
     network.  On the remote side, you get whatever shell is set
     up for that account.  The remsh program copies its standard
     input to the remote command, the standard output of the
     remote command to its standard output, and the standard
     error of the remote command to its standard error.
     Interrupt, quit, and terminate signals are propagated to the
     remote command; remsh normally terminates when the remote
     command does.

     Shell metacharacters that are not quoted are interpreted on
     the local machine while quoted metacharacters are
     interpreted on the remote machine.  Thus the command

        remsh rhost cat remotefile >> localfile

     appends the remote file remotefile to the local file
     localfile, while

        remsh rhost cat remotefile ">>" remotefile.2

     appends remotefile to remotefile.2.





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remsh(1N)                                               remsh(1N)



     Host names are given in the file /etc/hosts.  Each host has
     one standard name (the first name given in the file), which
     is rather long and unambiguous, and optionally one or more
     nicknames.  The remote host system names for local machines
     may also be commands in the directory /usr/hosts; these
     names must be linked to the remsh binaries.  If you put this
     directory in your search path, then the remsh may be
     omitted, as in the second form of the command, above.

     Using remsh, you cannot run an interactive command (like
     vi(1)); instead, use rlogin(1N).

FILES
     /usr/bin/remsh
          Executable file
     /etc/hosts
          Host file
     /usr/hosts/*
          Directory containing host files

SEE ALSO
     rlogin(1N), telnet(1C)

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