On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 08:54:28PM +0200, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: > On 19 Apr 2005, at 20:32, carlos m. martinez wrote: > > >Hi, > >I have installed RH Fedora core release 1. I can do ssh to another host > >in my LAN but I can't do rsh. Te messages are: no route to host (from > >host1) and connection refused (from host2). > >I need do rsh without type password. I know that it's possible with ssh > >too (ssh-keygen, ssh-agent) but I don't care about security and need > >rsh > >to run another application that use it.... > >What can I do. I'm new in Linux > > 1. Make sure rsh-server is installed > 2. Explicitly enable the *very insecure* rsh service by editing > /etc/xinetd. d/rsh > 3. Last, make sure the xinetd service is running by running service > xinetd start. > > Also make sure your firewall is not blocking traffic targeted to the > rsh service. One more step is required on the target machine. That is the creation of a .rhosts file in a home directory with the contents: <source machine name> <login of person with home directory> Then only that person can rsh to the target machine. I assume that limitation will not be a problem. -- ======================================================================= Here is an Appalachian version of management's answer to those who are concerned with the fate of the project: "Don't worry about the mule. Just load the wagon." -- Mike Dennison's hillbilly uncle ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
