rdistd Command

Purpose

Server program for distributing files remotely.

Syntax

rdistd -S

rdistd -V

Description

rdistd is the server program for the rdist command. It is normally run by rdist through rsh.

The -S flag ensures that rdistd is not accidentally started since it normally resides in a normal user's PATH environment variable.

Flags

Item Description
-V Print version information and exit.

Exit Status

This command returns the following exit values:

0
Successful completion.
>0
An error occurred.

Files

Item Description
/usr/sbin/rdistd Containsthe rdistd server
/usr/bin/rdistd Symbolic link to /usr/sbin/rdistd