Re: REXEC (RUNRMTCMD) between IBM i systems

[Dennis <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why not try CRTPF or similar instead?

"Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've noted with interest the discussions here about REXEC, and I did 
> some experimenting.  I was able to execute a RUNRMTCMD on one IBM i 
> pointing to another using *IP, but it never seems to execute on the 
> target machine.  I tried something simple: WRKACTJOB, both OUTPUT(*)
> and 
> OUTPUT(*PRINT).  If I don't have the REXEC server running, the command 
> fails on the source machine (as I would expect), but when I start the 
> REXEC server the commands completes on the source machine but I never 
> see anything on the target machine that I can find. No spooled files,
> no 
> job logs, no entries in QHST.  I look at the various QTRXC jobs on the 
> target machine and I don't see anything that even makes it look like 
> they are receiving or processing a request.
>
> Am I just trying something that won't work?  It seemed like a simple
> way 
> to execute a command on another machine.
>
> Joe
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