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content  Remote shell daemon (Rshd)  By , 7 Oct 2003 Sign Up to
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require a comment  Sample Image - Rshd.gif   The Rshd service
has been available in all UNIX systems for a long time. The same
service, called Rshsvc.exe, provided by Microsoft only shipped
with the Windows NT/2000 Server Resource Kit and it was not
included in any Windows XP versions. Several years ago, I wrote
the Rshd Windows application for sending commands on remote
computers on the same LAN. It is a Winsock multithreaded console
application and not a true service. The Rshd Windows
application, with full source code provided for Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, was designed and implemented to be
convenient with some security included. I expect that my work
will not be harmful to Windows security.   The Rshd executes all
commands for the Rsh program available in both UNIX systems and
Windows NT/2000/XP. There is no Rsh on