(2) rsh - permission denied

2007-12-25 9:52:00

ORIGINAL MESSAGE

>I've never before had a problem with giving a person rsh permissions, until now...

>A user (ftfuser) on our DRS6000 needs to execute a rsh command to a Solaris 2.5 machine

>/etc/hosts entry on the Sol machine:

> WCFRONT ftfuser

Typo - should be /etc/hosts.equiv

>/home2/ftfuser/.rhosts (home dir) entry on the Sol machine: (file is owned by ftfuser)

> WCFRONT ftfuser

>I checked /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf and they look ok

>Adding ftfuser to the /etc/hosts.equiv file made no difference

>We don't use DNS or NIS

>whenever the user tries even a simple rsh (rsh sun1 ls) it just says permission denied.

>when ftfuser tries a rlogin to the SS 2.5 machine it prompts for a passwd

>when root tries a rsh and rlogin from the DRS6000 to the SS 2.5 machine, it works fine

>This same user can rsh from the DRS6000 to another machine running Solaris 2.5.1 without any problems

>What am I missing?

>I read through some of the archives, but didn't find anything that solved the problem

>Thanks in advance

>Esther

ANSWER

David [david@bae.uga.edu] came through with the solution that worked

Try logging in as ftfuser (yes, with a passwd) from the DRS6000 to the

affected Solaris machine and running finger to see from whence the

Solaris machine thinks you've come; it probably won't be WCFRONT.

The Solaris machine did think I was someone else (WCDEV)

I modified the .rhosts file in the users home directory on the SS2.5.1 machine with the new info,

and it worked first time.

Thanks to the following for responding:

David ThorBurn-Gundlach [david@bae.uga.edu]

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