On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:53 AM, 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: > > $ 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? > Narrowed it down a bit further: I can rsh to khan directly with no command, but if I add a command, that's when the rsh fails: [mrichter at sushi lane]$ 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: Mon Jul 7 11:59:59 from sushi [mrichter at khan mrichter]$ ls bin/ Documents/ lane608/ Pictures/ rls_607/ temp.xml Desktop/ Download/ Music@ Public/ Templates/ Videos/ [mrichter at khan mrichter]$ exit rlogin: connection closed. [mrichter at sushi lane]$ 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 [mrichter at sushi lane]$ Sushi is my CentOS 5.2 machine, khan is our CVS server running: [mrichter at khan mrichter]$ lsb_release -a LSB Version: 1.3 Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseAS Description: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 2) Release: 3 Codename: TaroonUpdate2 Any ideas? mhr