Can I use rdist with ssh?
Stock rdist 6.1.0 does not work together with ssh, due to bugs in it. The 6.1.1 versions of rdist and later versions are believed to work. Rdist is available at: http://www.magnicomp.com/rdist/ If you use rdist, don’t forget to compile the path to ssh into it. Alternatively, you may specify the -P option so rdist uses ssh, and not rsh. If you use password authentication with rdist 6.1.2 through 6.1.