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From: pauln@cstone.net (Paul Nguyen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: rdist
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 96 14:57:37 GMT
Organization: Cornerstone Networks
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In article <50av8h$s8l@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>, ajk@schwinger.physics.purdue.edu (Andrew J. Korty) wrote:
>In trying to make our newly-installed FreeBSD machine work with our
>source-distribution system, I've run into the familiar error from
>rdist about a version mismatch.  After weeding out all conceivable
>causes of this and still getting the error, I've decided that, for
>once, the error is correct and they really are using different
>versions of the protocol.
>
>My question is, where can I get source to the old rdist that will
>compile under FreeBSD.  (I would just try to compile FreeBSD's rdist
>for our other machines, but that would get really ugly for some of
>them.)
>
>Thanks ...
>ajk

Try rdist from ftp://usc.edu/pub/rdist  works well and is not setuid.

-Paul