[ale] rsh problem

[Yu, Jerry]

ask the most obvious, do you have $HOME/.rhosts file set up?

you need to set .rhosts file in the remote user's home dir.

rsh remotehost comm is handled by rexec
while rsh remotehost is handled by rlogin/shell 
Thus, different authentication scheme.

SSH should be much better solution if security concerns you.



On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Jeffery Tillotson wrote:

#Running a demo here and need to run a command on a linux machine from an
#SGI.  I figured rsh would work fine but it isn't.  I have all the user
#account set up okay because I can "rsh hostname" and connect just fine.
#However as soon as I try to "rsh hostname command" I get:
#    Permission denied.
#    rsh: connection failed
# 
#If I just rsh in I can run the needed command just fine.  
# 
#I have tried every variation of the rsh command and rshd server options
#and still can not rsh a command.  I have used absolute pathnames.   I
#know rsh is insecure but this is on a closed network and is only for a
#one time demo.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.  
#

Jerry Z. Yu				mailto: z.yu at ptek.com
Systems Engineer			https://punch
PTEK Holdings, Inc.			+1-404-262-8544 (O)

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