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> When I try to cpio to a device on a remote unix host, I receive the error
> 'Permission denied.  I/O Error.'  My syntax is "cpio -i -F

> directory on the remote host w/ the local host's ip address included in it.
>  I can, by the way, telnet, ftp, etc. to the unixhost.  Am I wasting my
> time trying to cpio between linux & unix because of incompatibility or
> should I not be able to do this?

> > When I try to cpio to a device on a remote unix host, I receive the error
> > 'Permission denied.  I/O Error.'  My syntax is "cpio -i -F

> > directory on the remote host w/ the local host's ip address included in it.
> >  I can, by the way, telnet, ftp, etc. to the unixhost.  Am I wasting my
> > time trying to cpio between linux & unix because of incompatibility or
> > should I not be able to do this?

> Does `rlogin' work from the local to remote host (without prompting
> for a password)?  This uses the same mechanism.  If it doesn't, try
> making sure that your .rhosts on the remote host is owned by you, has
> permissions 644 or less (-rw-r--r--), your home directory isn't
> group/world writable, and that it contains the canonical name of the
> host you are cpio'ing from.  If you are running DNS, this means the
> fully qualified domain name (eg `foobar.sjpta.com' not just `foobar').
> If you are not running DNS, this means the FIRST (leftmost) name
> of the host in /etc/hosts.

> Hope this helps,
> Paul.
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