Re: rsh access

[Joe Block <jpb@creol.ucf.edu>]

"Christopher S. Swingley" wrote:
> 
> > rsh a redhat linux server from my debian server...and i have no idea how to
> > get it to work.
> 
> To do this you need four things on your Red Hat system (or any UNIX for
> that matter):
> 
>     * The user's home directory on the remote machine must have a
>       ~/.rhosts file with the address of the local machine.
> 
>     * The remote machine must have the shell line in /etc/inetd.conf
>       uncommented:
> 
>       shell  stream  tcp  nowait  root  /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/in.rshd
> 
>     * The /etc/hosts.allow file must allow in.rshd from your local
>       machine:
> 
>       in.rshd: local_machine
> 
>     * You may also need to make sure the portmapper is running on the
>       remote machine, and that your local machine has access to it.
>       In Debian, this is also done with /etc/hosts.allow, but remember
>       that the portmapper only understands IP addresses:
> 
>       portmap: 192.1.4.
> 
>       will allow 192.1.4.0 thru 192.1.4.255
> 
> Of course the server machine also has to have in.rshd installed and all
> of that.  Also don't forget to restart the inetd daemon on the remote
> server if you change your /etc/inetd.conf file.

One quick note - if the boxes in question are on the internet, you
really want to have them use ssh instead of rsh for security reasons.

jpb
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Joe Block <jpb@creol.ucf.edu>
CREOL System Administrator

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