[CentOS] rsh problems in CentOS 5.2 (was "cvs command failure on 5.2")

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:31 PM, MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> If I shut off the firewall on sushi (/etc/init.d/iptables stop), the
> rsh connections all work fine.  I need to go research how to read the
> iptables output because right now it's greek to me - I can read the
> letters, but the words don't make sense.

To open those ports on the firewall, use
"system-config-securitylevel-tui", then press the "Customize" button.
On the list of ports add 513 and 514 to "Other ports". This should
open the ports you need for rsh and rlogin (to the whole world!) in
sushi. If you want a more customized firewall than this, you will
either do it by hand or look at packages such as shorewall or others
(I'm not familiar with them, so I wouldn't know which one to
recommend).

> Haven't gone the ssh route yet (this is all supposed to be on a secure
> internal network, so that shouldn't be needed

You should really consider moving to SSH, independently of needing
encryption or not. If you really look at it, it requires less setup
than rsh/rlogin does, and it's certainly easier to troubleshoot. And
ssh-keygen or ssh-agent would solve your issue with typing your
password repeatedly. If I were you, I would ditch rsh at once and
start to look to SSH. You won't regret it.

HTH,
Filipe