HP 9000 Series User Manual

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Copying Files Remotely Using rcp
You can copy les b etween HP-UX or other UNIX hosts on the net
work using
rcp . Also, using appropriate options, y
ou can copy directories b etween systems
using rcp , if the conguration les that the service uses are set up prop erly
.
Preparing to Use rcp
To use rcp ,you'll need the following prerequisites:
An account (login) on the remote host.
A .rhosts le in the remote host home directory con
taining the names of
your lo cal host system and your lo cal login name.
A .rhosts le on your lo cal system, as well. This contains the names of all
the systems you will copy from. It will ensure that you will b e able to use
rcp when you use rlogin on the remote system.
Note
A $HOME/.rhosts le creates a signicant security risk. To
prevent unauthorized users form gaining remsh access to your
remote account and host, only you should be able to create
and write to a .rhosts le in your remote home directory.
Permissions need to be set accordingly.
A /etc/host le on your lo cal system which lists hosts with whichyou can
communicate using ARPA/Berkeley Services. For each host, the le has a
line containing information about the remote host in the follo
wing form:
internet address ocial name alias
You will nd that the /etc/hosts le is useful for lo oking up names and
addresses on the network. To facilitate such a lo okup, use the grep to ol
described in grep (1) and in Using HP-UX .
Copying a Local File to a Remote Host
To copy from your system to a remote system, use the follo wing syntax:
rcp local lename remote hostname : remote lename
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HP 9000 Series Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	9000 Series
Category	Server
Language	English