--- src/rshrcmd.c Mon Nov 9 23:15:07 1998 +++ src/rshrcmd.c Tue Jan 18 14:53:29 2005 @@ -42,5 +42,4 @@ { int cpid; - struct hostent *hp; int sp[2]; @@ -48,11 +47,4 @@ if (fd2p != 0) return -1; - /* validate remote hostname. */ - hp = gethostbyname(*ahost); - if (hp == 0) { - error("%s: unknown host", *ahost); - return -1; - } - /* *ahost = hp->h_name;*/ /* This makes me nervous. */ /* get a socketpair we'll use for stdin and stdout. */ @@ -72,5 +64,5 @@ sp[0]. */ (void) close(sp[0]); - if (dup2(sp[1], 0) < 0 || dup2(0,1) < 0 || dup2(0, 2) < 0) { + if (dup2(sp[1], 0) < 0 || dup2(0,1) < 0) { error("dup2 failed: %s.", SYSERR); _exit(255);