rcp doesn't work one way

[Rob Robertson]

   From article <22782 at adm.BRL.MIL>, by Leisner.Henr at xerox.com (Marty):
    
    Between two machines (a sun386i and a sun3/280) I can:
            1) rlogin both ways with no problem
            2) rsh both ways with no problem
            3) rcp only one way (sun386i initiates the transfer).
     
    The sun386i can send/receive stuff via rcp from the sun3.

this is because of how rcp works:  rcp when doing a "rcp a:file b:file" 
from machine c (ie from one remote machine to another remote machine)
will remotely exec an (using rcmd(3)) an "rcp file b:file on machine
a.  this requires that machine b have an entry in it's .rhosts for
machine a.

yes, this is kindda bogus.  

rob
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