> On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
>
> > Which is better:
> > rlogin to the uucp machine
> > or
> > telnet to port 540 on the uucp machine
> > from the portmaster
>
> We use Rlogin and it works spiffy...
>
> >
> > By better I mean most efficient. I know about the extra username/password
> > prompt. If there a way to remove the extra username/password prompt?
>
>
> You could either add your pm's IP to your hosts.equiv or put the
> pm's IP in the uucp home directory. You probably have the directory set
> to /var/spool/uucppublic or something. Just put your pm(s) in a file
> called .rhosts...
Thanks for the answer, but this is not the answer I was looking for.
I know that I can use rlogin (been using it for over two years)
what I wan't to know what is more efficient - rlogin or telnet to port 540
for uucp.
Krzysztof