Re: Curiosity about some packages missing in AWS beta 1

[Alois Treindl <alois astro ch>]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Bill Nottingham wrote:

> Aaron Neerenberg (aaron_neerenberg credence com) said: 
> > Does anyone happen to know why AWS3.0 B1 ships without the necessary
> > packages to enable inbound telnet/rlogin/rsh/ssh/ftp?  (i.e., is this an
> > accidental omission, or did someone at RH make the decision to omit
> > these packages?)
> 
> As a workstation-type product, it does not include some server
> software; this includes telnet/rlogin/rsh/ftp. openssh-server is
> included, however.

Please allow me to disagree:
In a local (firewall protected) network of workstations, telnet, rlogin,
rsh are absolutely essential for remote administration of these
workstations.