From 3a5abf2d29292f56969e9c90b5698e71d456e2f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Carlsson <richardc@klarna.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 20:12:17 +0200
Subject: Use ssh as the default remote shell

---
 lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml')

diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml
index e53ec8231b..88902b364a 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@
       done through the master.</p>
 
     <p>Slave nodes on other hosts than the current one are started with
-      the <c>rsh</c> program. The user must be allowed to <c>rsh</c> to
+      the <c>ssh</c> program. The user must be allowed to <c>ssh</c> to
       the remote hosts without being prompted for a password. This can
-      be arranged in a number of ways (for details, see the <c>rsh</c>
+      be arranged in a number of ways (for details, see the <c>ssh</c>
       documentation). A slave node started on the same host
       as the master inherits certain environment values from the master,
       such as the current directory and the environment variables. For
       what can be assumed about the environment when a slave is started
-      on another host, see the documentation for the <c>rsh</c>
+      on another host, see the documentation for the <c>ssh</c>
       program.</p>
 
-    <p>An alternative to the <c>rsh</c> program can be specified on
+    <p>An alternative to the <c>ssh</c> program can be specified on
       the command line to
       <seealso marker="erts:erl#erl"><c>erl(1)</c></seealso> as follows:</p>
 
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ slave:start(H, Name, Arg).</code>
           </item>
           <tag><c>no_rsh</c></tag>
           <item>
-            <p>There is no <c>rsh</c> program on the computer.</p>
+            <p>No remote shell program was found on the computer. Note
+            that <c>ssh</c> is used by default, but this can be overridden
+            with the <c>-rsh</c> flag.</p>
           </item>
           <tag><c>{already_running, <anno>Node</anno>}</c></tag>
           <item>
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From e11502856586ba5c6d1468817e43a0bfcf6c7569 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Carlsson <richardc@klarna.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:34:08 +0200
Subject: Document the restrictions on the -rsh command

---
 lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml')

diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml
index 88902b364a..de9ec8669b 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@
     <pre>
 -rsh Program</pre>
 
+    <p>Note that the command specified with the <c>-rsh</c> flag is
+      treated as a file name which may contain spaces. It is thus not
+      possible to include any command line options. The remote node will
+      be launched as <c>"$RSH" "$REMOTE_HOSTNAME" erl -detached -noinput
+      ...</c>, so the
+      <c>erl</c> command must be found in the path on the remote host.</p>
+
     <p>The slave node is to use the same file system at the master. At
       least, Erlang/OTP is to be installed in the same place on both
       computers and the same version of Erlang is to be used.</p>
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