Bug 146435 - RHEL3: rexec prompts for username/password before checking ~/.netrc
Summary: RHEL3: rexec prompts for username/password before checking ~/.netrc
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: rsh
Version: 3.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Karel Zak
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks: 132991
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-01-28 07:18 UTC by Karel Zak
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-05-18 13:03:14 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:074 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: rsh security update 2005-05-18 04:00:00 UTC

Description Karel Zak 2005-01-28 07:18:06 UTC
Description of problem:
rexec prompts for username and password regardless of whether or not
~/.netrc exists and/or contains this information

See #135643.

Comment 1 Tim Powers 2005-05-18 13:03:14 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-074.html



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