Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 07:30:14 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: melvin@tri-comm.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG (Questions FreeBSD) Subject: Re: rsh Message-ID: <199802171330.HAA00555@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <039e01bd3b25$b28792a0$41e60cd1@melvin.pitllc.com> from Melvin Brown at "Feb 16, 98 03:56:12 pm"
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In a previous message, Melvin Brown said:
> I can't get rsh to work.
> In /etc/hosts.equiv, I having the following line:
> ns2.pitllc.com root
This is fine.
> In /.rhosts, I have the following line:
> 209.12.230.3
This should also be ns2.pitllc.com
> In /etc/hosts, I have the following entry:
> 209.12.230.3 ns2.pitllc.com ns2
Do you use DNS? (What's in your /etc/host.conf file). Does it
agree with your /etc/hosts file? What is the output of the who
command for the tty youare logged into with a telnet or rlogin?
Does it match ns2.pitllc.com?
>
> >In a previous message, Melvin Brown said:
> >> I am having a tough time with rsh. I rsh from Solaris to FreeBSD but
> >> always get permission denied. I setup files, /etc/hosts and
> >> ~$HOME/.rhosts, the same way on another Solaris box and get in. Is
> >> there anything not noted in man pages about rsh which will not allow me
> >> to rsh from Solaris?
> >
> >First, make sure it's in /etc/hosts.equiv.
> >
> >Then, make sure that the name of the machine is correct in .rhosts and
> >hosts.equiv and hosts.
> >
> >To do that, once you get logged in, do a who and the name in the ()'s is
> >the name of the machine that needs to go in the files. This name may be
> >truncated. If it is, fill out the entire domain.
> >
> >--
> >IRS HUMOR EXAMPLE A: "A lawyer, a doctor, and a priest were marooned
> >on a desert island. So we confiscated their homes." --Dave Barry
> >
> >
>
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