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Author SHA1 Message Date
cinap_lenrek
76812c9bb7 rcpu: fix pvar to initialize empty variables (thanks mycroftiv) 2018-11-13 11:03:37 +01:00
23hiro
17291d91bb rconnect: support -t timeout for aan like in drawterm; also rcpu, rexport/import 2018-01-07 02:44:53 +01:00
cinap_lenrek
86dfd3cf16 provide rcpu(1), make usage line consistent 2016-02-15 17:30:56 +01:00
cinap_lenrek
fde5906b30 adding experimental rcpu service
this is a reimplementation of cpu and import utilities in rc using a tlsclient
and tlssrv as the encryption and authentication layers. there is only one new
service, which after authentication and encryption setup accepts an arbitrary
rc script over the network and executes it with the standard filedescriptors
redirected to the conversaion (this is *after* authentication and in the
context of the authorized user).

the new rcpu program has a few improvements over cpu(1):

- doesnt mangle program arguments
- the remote process will get the clients standard file descriptors, so error
  and output are separated and you can consume the clients input from the
  remote side :-)
- forwards error status of remote process

theres no backwards mode for rimport, but a new program called rexport
for the same purpose.

all these services use exportfs without the bolted on initial handshake,
so the hope is to clean up exportfs in the future and remove all the ugly
crap in there.
2016-02-14 05:18:33 +01:00