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I try to run "rsh <host> command" from a FreeBSD system to a Solaris,
HP-UX, SGI IRIX system with proper .rhosts set up and always get the
"Permission denied" error.  I wonder if anyone has clues on this
problem and what is the workaround.

There is no problem to do the operation from the above systems to
the FreeBSD or among themselves.  Besides, there is no problem
between 2 FreeBSD systems too.

Thanks in advance.

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The OS version that I've tried for various systems are as follows.

FreeBSD: 3.2-RELEASE
Solaris: 7 or 2.6
SGI IRIX: 6.5.2
HP-UX: 10.2

: I try to run "rsh <host> command" from a FreeBSD system to a Solaris,
: HP-UX, SGI IRIX system with proper .rhosts set up and always get the
: "Permission denied" error.  I wonder if anyone has clues on this
: problem and what is the workaround.

: There is no problem to do the operation from the above systems to
: the FreeBSD or among themselves.  Besides, there is no problem
: between 2 FreeBSD systems too.

: Thanks in advance.

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: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology| Tel: (852) 2358 6246   |
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Is the rsh host known to the rsh client?  ie is it in
/etc/hosts/available via NIS hosts file?

Is the user "the same" on both machines ie same UID?

--
Didds

and another thought.....

Is rshd enabled in /etc/inetd.conf on the other boxes?

--
Didds

Greetings !

I too have hit this wall.
I have the same entries for both systems in  /etc/hosts. I am NOT running
NIS. Does this matter ?

I am attempting rsh as root under FreeBSD, with a SCO box as server. rshd
is in inetd.conf in both systems, as "shell".

root in both machines has UID=0 but GID is 0 in FreeBSD and 1 in SCO.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Cordially,

Sorry for the late response.

Yes, it is known with DNS by default.  I've also tried with the
/etc/hosts and it doesn't help.  For the UID, it is not the
same with the initial set up.  It doesn't work either as they
are the same.  The rshd is enabled by the inetd.

Regards,
K. K. Tam

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