rshd(8)

rshd8

Remote shell server

Usage

rshd [OPTION ...]

Overview

Remote shell server, using PAM service 'rsh'.

-a, --verify-hostname

ask hostname for verification

-l, --no-rhosts

ignore .rhosts file

-L, --log-sessions

log successful logins

-n, --no-keepalive

do not set SO_KEEPALIVE

-r, --reverse-required

require reverse resolving of remote host IP

-?, --help

give this help list

--usage

give a short usage message

-V, --version

print program version

Releases

16 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 1.1–1.2
  2. 1.3–2.1
  3. 3.1–4.0
  4. 5.0
  5. 6.0
  6. 7
  7. 8–12
  8. Arch

--help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --log-sessions since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --no-keepalive since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --no-rhosts since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --reverse-required since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --usage since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --verify-hostname since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -? since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -L since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -V since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -a since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -l since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -n since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -r since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

Author

Written by many authors.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From inetutils 2.8-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.