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Subject: Re: Sharing a tape drive From: Ramon Gandia <rfg@nook.net> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:33:28 -0800 Kris Jordan wrote: > > I heard about a few other programs I can try like Arkeia which sound good. > I heard that using the r* commands are a security risk and should not be > used when possible. The r* commands are not the security risk per se; the risk comes in having your box open to r* connections, usually with the /etc/rhosts file. A good way to do this is to add/delete the rhosts file when doing a backup. You can also use ssh which encrypts the stuff over the wire. I believe that ssh will work like r*; ie, with no password intervention, although I have not tried it. ===