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---- __NAME__ rcmd, rresvport, iruserok, ruserok - routines for returning a stream to a remote command __SYNOPSIS__ #include int rcmd(char ahost, int inport, const char locuser, const char remuser, const char cmd, int fd2p); int rresvport(int port); int iruserok(u_int32_t raddr, int superuser, const char ruser, const char luser); int ruserok(const char rhost, int superuser, const char ruser, const char luser); __DESCRIPTION__ The rcmd() function is used by the super-user to execute a command on a remote machine using an authentication scheme based on reserved port numbers. The rresvport() function returns a descriptor to a socket with an address in the privileged port space. The iruserok() and ruserok() func- tions are used by servers to authenticate clients requesting service with rcmd(). All four functions are present in the same file and are used by the rshd(8) server (among others). The rcmd() function looks up the host ahost using gethostbyname(3), returning -1 if the host does not exist. Otherwise ahost is set to the standard name of the host and a connection is established to a server residing at the well-known Internet port inport. If the connection succeeds, a socket in the Internet domain of type SOCK_STREAM is returned to the caller, and given to the remote command as ''stdin'' and ''stdout''. If fd2p is non-zero, then an auxiliary channel to a control process will be set up, and a descriptor for it will be placed in fd2p. The control process will return diagnostic output from the command (unit 2) on this channel, and will also accept bytes on this channel as being UNIX signal numbers, to be forwarded to the process group of the command. If fd2p is 0, then the ''stderr'' (unit 2 of the remote command) will be made the same as the ''stdout'' and no provision is made for sending arbitrary signals to the remote process, although you may be able to get its attention by using out-of-band data. The protocol is described in detail in rshd(8). The rresvport() function is used to obtain a socket with a privileged address bound to it. This socket is suitable for use by rcmd() and several other functions. Privileged Internet ports are those in the range 0 to 1023. Only the super-user is allowed to bind an address of this sort to a socket. The iruserok() and ruserok() functions take a remote host's IP address or name, respectively, two user names and a flag indicating whether the local user's name is that of the super-user. Then, if the user is ''NOT'' the super-user, it checks the /etc/hosts.equiv file. If that lookup is not done, or is unsuccessful, the .rhosts in the local user's home directory is checked to see if the request for service is allowed. If this file does not exist, is not a regular file, is owned by anyone other than the user or the super-user, or is writeable by anyone other than the owner, the check automat- ically fails. Zero is returned if the machine name is listed in the ``hosts.equiv'' file, or the host and remote user name are found in the ``.rhosts'' file; otherwise iruserok() and ruserok() return -1. If the local domain (as obtained from gethostname(2)) is the same as the remote domain, only the machine name need be specified. If the IP address of the remote host is known, iruserok() should be used in preference to ruserok(), as it does not require trusting the DNS server for the remote host's domain. __DIAGNOSTICS__ The rcmd() function returns a valid socket descriptor on success. It returns -1 on error and prints a diagnostic message on the standard error. The rresvport() function returns a valid, bound socket descriptor on success. It returns -1 on error with the global value ''errno'' set according to the reason for failure. The error code EAGAIN is overloaded to mean ``All network ports in use.'' __SEE ALSO__ rlogin(1), rsh(1), intro(2), rexec(3), rexecd(8), rlogind(8), rshd(8) __HISTORY__ These functions appeared in 4.2 BSD . 4.2 Berkeley Distribution June 4, 1993 1 ----
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