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

Mon Jul 7 19:04:13 UTC 2008
Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com>

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 12:53 PM, MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, I've narrowed the problem down quite a bit.  As previously
> reported, in CentOS 5.2 I get this:
>

Well whyis port 544 and 543 getting connection refused in the logs on
the server? Are you using kerberos? Are the tickets you getting
forwardable?

> $ cvs log Makefile
> poll: protocol failure in circuit setup
> cvs [log aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)
>
> Turns out this is a problem with rsh:
>
> $ rsh khan ls
> connect to address 10.24.15.48 port 544: Connection refused
> Trying krb4 rsh...
> connect to address 10.24.15.48 port 544: Connection refused
> trying normal rsh (/usr/bin/rsh)
> poll: protocol failure in circuit setup
>
> Now, if I just reomtely login to khan (our cvs server), I get this:
>
> [mrichter at sushi ~]$ khan
> connect to address 10.24.15.48 port 543: Connection refused
> Trying krb4 rlogin...
> connect to address 10.24.15.48 port 543: Connection refused
> trying normal rlogin (/usr/bin/rlogin)
> Last login: Fri Jul  4 18:19:01 from viper
> [mrichter at khan mrichter]$
>
> Voila - I'm logged in.
>
> Also, if I try an rsh from another machine (viper - FC1), I get this:
>
> [mrichter at viper mrichter]$ rsh khan ls
> connect to address 10.24.15.48: Connection refused
> Trying krb4 rsh...
> connect to address 10.24.15.48: Connection refused
> trying normal rsh (/usr/bin/rsh)
> Desktop
> Documents
> Download
> Music
> Pictures
> Public
> Templates
> Videos
> bin
> lane608
> rls_607
> temp.xml
>
>
> So, what is it about rsh from CentOS 5.2 such that the kerberos
> certification destroys its chances of success?  Alternative question:
> what do I need to tweak to make this work?
>
> Thanks.
>
> mhr
>
> PS: Google has lots of wrong answers on this, mostly really old and of
> no use at all.
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