Re: rsh messages and wtmp

Use scp. It's more secure and I don't think it logs to wtmp.

Mark Hunter
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From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert
Miller
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:32 PM
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Subject: rsh messages and wtmp


Folks,

We have a box that copies several files to other boxes via rcp using a shell
script. The script runs once a minute through cron.

This causes quite a few rsh messages in wtmp, which I have had to clear out on a
consistent basis. I have had the author of the script pare the copies down to
the bare minimum, which has helped, but I'm still in the same boat - it just
takes longer to fill up.

Unfortunately, NFS isn't really an option because we can't use hardmounts, and
the automounter has caused me more grief than I'd like to think about. I'm also
not really wild about the idea of having .netrc files sitting around if I can
avoid it - and I believe ftp would still cause an entry in wtmp anyways.

Other than rolling off the wtmp file to tape every week or month (the rsh
messages take up 90+% of the wtmp file), does anyone have any ideas on how to
move these files around using a script, without causing a bunch of messages in
wtmp?

TIA,

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