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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-02 21:28:50 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-02 21:28:50 +0000 |
commit | 20fbd172b22ab587e9d796f4cb8664a235cebe78 (patch) | |
tree | eb02ffe4de6f83302cc7418e7e9a79349dcf6789 /libexec/rexecd | |
parent | debcc07b3a783cc266d834911f64c8c6310602e9 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-20fbd172b22ab587e9d796f4cb8664a235cebe78.zip FreeBSD-src-20fbd172b22ab587e9d796f4cb8664a235cebe78.tar.gz |
Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/rexecd')
-rw-r--r-- | libexec/rexecd/rexecd.8 | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/rexecd/rexecd.8 b/libexec/rexecd/rexecd.8 index 2dbb14b..3c5bcda 100644 --- a/libexec/rexecd/rexecd.8 +++ b/libexec/rexecd/rexecd.8 @@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ The .Nm utility is the server for the .Xr rexec 3 -routine. The server provides remote execution facilities +routine. +The server provides remote execution facilities with authentication based on user names and passwords. .Pp @@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ is initiated: The server reads characters from the socket up to a NUL .Pq Ql \e0 -byte. The resultant string is +byte. +The resultant string is interpreted as an .Tn ASCII number, base 10. @@ -81,7 +83,8 @@ A NUL terminated, unencrypted password of at most 16 characters is retrieved on the initial socket. .It A NUL terminated command to be passed to a -shell is retrieved on the initial socket. The length of +shell is retrieved on the initial socket. +The length of the command is limited by the upper bound on the size of the system's argument list. .It @@ -96,7 +99,8 @@ aborted with a diagnostic message returned. .It A NUL byte is returned on the initial socket and the command line is passed to the normal login -shell of the user. The +shell of the user. +The shell inherits the network connections established by .Nm . |