Dear all I have a problem to connect with rsh. I have installed it correctly. I have added 127.0.0.1 to /etc/hosts.allow I have created /etc/host.equiv file in whitch I have added 127.0.0.1 next I when I try to do an rsh or a rlogin locally , it tells connection refused . Thanks for help Adel [root@localhost adel]# /sbin/service xinetd restart Arrêt de xinetd : [ OK ] Démarrage de xinetd : [ OK ] [root@localhost adel]# exit exit [adel@localhost ~]$ rsh localhost connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused Trying krb4 rlogin... connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused trying normal rlogin (/usr/bin/rlogin) localhost.localdomain: Connection refused [adel@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/host host.conf hosts hosts.allow hosts.canna hosts.deny [adel@localhost ~]$ rsh localhost -l adel connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused Trying krb4 rlogin... connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 543: Connection refused trying normal rlogin (/usr/bin/rlogin) localhost.localdomain: Connection refused [adel@localhost ~]$ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .