svn commit: r279603 - in head: bin/rcp usr.bin/rlogin usr.bin/rsh

[Gleb Smirnoff]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 03:33:50PM +0300, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
S> > On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 03:30:16PM +0300, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
S> > S> > On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 03:21:03PM +0300, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
S> > S> > S> > On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 10:01:45PM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
S> > S> > S> > B> Author: bapt
S> > S> > S> > B> Date: Wed Mar  4 22:01:44 2015
S> > S> > S> > B> New Revision: 279603
S> > S> > S> > B> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/279603
S> > S> > S> > B> 
S> > S> > S> > B> Log:
S> > S> > S> > B>   r* commands are not precious anymore
S> > S> > S> > B>
S> > S> > S> > B> Modified:
S> > S> > S> > B>   head/bin/rcp/Makefile
S> > S> > S> > B>   head/usr.bin/rlogin/Makefile
S> > S> > S> > 
S> > S> > S> > I guess when they are going to be not precious enough to be removed? :)
S> > S> > S> > 
S> > S> > S> > In modern world of ssh and https, does any OS require them in base?
S> > S> > S> 
S> > S> > S> yes.
S> > S> > S> Some telecom equipment require rlogin.
S> > S> > 
S> > S> > Other telecom equipment require a JRE and special .jar to
S> > S> > configure them. Does that mean operating systems must ship
S> > S> > them?
S> > S> 
S> > S> Yes, if ships before (don't break if working).
S> > S> Some Linux distro remove telnet from default install.
S> > S> Do you like to remove telnet also?
S> > 
S> > Yes.
S> 
S> And how to test open/listing ports/sockets?!

nc(1), which is a pure socket testing tool. For telnet(1) this
capability is a side effect.

S> How to connect to mpd control socket?!

pkg install mpd5 telnet

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