Re: [linux-sh:02850] dodes0c/d

[Dan Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

kaz Kojima wrote:
> I'd like to announce that a new version of our DODES can be
> downloaded.
>
>   http://dodo.nurs.or.jp/~kkojima/junkyard/dodes0c.tar.bz2
>   http://dodo.nurs.or.jp/~kkojima/junkyard/dodes0d.tar.bz2
>
> DODES is a tool to fake the binaries for other architectures
> to run on the host, based on the remote execution.  ...
>
> The mechanism of DODES is very simple and perhaps a folklore.
> It wraps execve() and makes a request of remote execution to
> appropriate target machine which mounts the current directory
> of the host via NFS.

Yes, that's a very useful technique.  Thanks!

It reminds me of the rpc.rexd service of Sun's NFS.  See
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/805-3173/6j31cpm59?q=rpc.rexd&a=view
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/805-3172/6j31br5jb?a=view
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Jul25.175101.20511%40nntp.hut.fi

Doesn't seem to be part of Linux's nfs-utils.  It's a big missing
piece on Linux... it was soooo convenient.  (Terribly secure, but I'm
sure that could be fixed these days).

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