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RDISTD(1) General Commands Manual RDISTD(1)

rdistd - remote file distribution server program

rdistd -S [ -D ]

rdistd -V

Rdistd is the server program for the rdist command. It is normally run by rdist via rsh(1).

The -S argument must be specified. The option is required so that rdistd is not accidentally started since it normally resides somewhere in a normal user's $PATH.

Enable debugging messages. Messages are logged via syslog(3).
Print version information and exit.

rdist(1), rsh(1)

June 21, 1992 4.3 Berkeley Distribution