RCPD(1)RCPD(1)NAMErcpd - remote file copy daemon
SYNOPSISrcpd [ -a -n ]
DESCRIPTION
The Rcpd exists to copy files between machines. It listens for service
requests at the port indicated by the shell services specification; see
services(5).
Rcpd offers up files from the /tftpboot directory (or another build-
time configured directory), optionally prepending the source IP address
(followed by a /) to the filename specified (again, optionally config‐
ured at build-time. The default is not to do this).
Rcpd tries to offer the same security model as tftpd by only writing to
files that exist and are writable by user nobody and only reading from
files that are readably by user nobody.
If the -a option is specified, hostnames are reverse-resolved and con‐
nections are aborted if addresses and names are not consistent.
Transport-level keepalive messages are enabled unless the -n option is
present. This is probably entirely irrelevent for rcpd.
SEE ALSOcp(1), ftp(1), rcp(1), rsh(1), rlogin(1), rshd(8)HISTORY
The rcp utility appeared in 4.2BSD. The rcpd utility is based on the
4.4BSD (Lite) versions of rcp and rshd. rcpd was written by John
Hawkinson; the idea for this came from a discussion with Bill Fenner.
BUGS
Prevents you from running an rshd.
Doesn't have very elaborate negotiation, but it's a damn sight better
than tftp.
4.2 Berkeley Distribution April 27, 1996 RCPD(1)
