Ok, that's why I asked... I haven't had to do too much of that sorta thing with respect to builds, so I was ignorant...:^)
Peter Donald wrote: > At 07:14 26/10/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Forgive my ignorance, but wouldn't an "rsh" task be better suited > >to what you are trying to do with the "telnet" task??? > > rsh is incredibly insecure and is not available on all OSs. Telnet also > allows you to do other things that are not directly tied to a "login" shell > - ie I could use it to pull down or restart my webserver that has a telnet > interface etc. > > I can see it would be useful - thou definetly an optional thing. > Cheers, > > Pete > > *------------------------------------------------------* > | "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want | > | to test a man's character, give him power." | > | -Abraham Lincoln | > *------------------------------------------------------*
