> 
> Hello,
> 
> I use rcp occasionally, but under 1.3_BETA the following fails:
> 	% rcp localhost:test /tmp/test
> 	rcp: rcp: rshrcmd: setuid(0): Operation not permitted
> 

Curious.  Using 1.2.1, an unprivileged user (djv) gets these
results: (the name of localhost is "ahab.loco.net")

{djv@ahab djv}$ rcp localhost:/home/djv/something /tmp/test
Permission denied.

but
{djv@ahab djv}$ rcp ahab:/home/djv/something /tmp/test                     
{djv@ahab djv}$ ...(success)...

djv's .rhosts includes ahab.loco.net

host ahab's /etc/hosts.equiv also lists himself.

If I add "localhost" to .rhosts, the "rcp localhost:"  will succeed.

I think that unless "localhost" is explicitly granted some kind of
"r-command" permission, it probably _ought_ to fail.  That error message
looks a bit "innovative" though.

Dave