STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT) wrote: >>Hi all, >> >>I try to get the rsh command working to a FC4 system >>On this system : >> -TCP ports 512,513,514 allowed ports in the fire-wall >> -xinetd is running >> -the rsh-service is selected in the "service >>configurations" even after a >> reboot >> -rshd is NOT running (I have no idea why) >> > > I don't have rsh installed on my machines any more, but I had > a similar situation with telnet. > > Try this: Go into /etc/xinetd.d and see if you have a file > for rsh. If so, edit it and see if there is a line that says > "disable = yes". If so, change the yes to no. In my case with > telnet, even after I turned the service on in system-config-services, > it did not remove that line and did not start the service. > > If there is nothing related to rsh in /etc/xinetd.d, please ignore > this post. > > Bob Styma > You can do the same thing by running "chkconfig rshd on". Chkconfig will modify the files in /etc/xinetd.d for you. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
