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REXEC(3)                NetBSD Library Functions Manual               REXEC(3)


NAME
rexec -- return stream to a remote command
LIBRARY
Compatibility Library (libcompat, -lcompat)
SYNOPSIS
int rexec(char **ahost, int inport, char *user, char *passwd, char *cmd, int *fd2p);
DESCRIPTION
This interface is obsoleted by rcmd(3). It is available from the compat- ibility library, libcompat. The rexec() 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. If a username and password are both speci- fied, then these are used to authenticate to the foreign host; otherwise the environment and then the user's .netrc file in his home directory are searched for appropriate information. If all this fails, the user is prompted for the information. The port inport specifies which well-known DARPA Internet port to use for the connection; the call `getservbyname("exec", "tcp")' (see getservent(3)) will return a pointer to a structure, which contains the necessary port. The protocol for connection is described in detail in rexecd(8). 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 com- mand (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. The diagnostic information returned does not include remote authorization failure, as the secondary connection is set up after autho- rization has been verified. 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.
SEE ALSO
rcmd(3), rexecd(8)
HISTORY
The rexec() function appeared in 4.2BSD. NetBSD 8.1 June 4, 1993 NetBSD 8.1
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