hi... i've got an "access denied" issue with rsh on one of my boxes (and before we start, no "use ssh" comments.. rsh is what i'm dealing with for now!!) i've got a few boxes in my network, and i can successfully rsh into them with no issue. however, on one box, i can't access it using rsh, and i'm running out of things to try... kind of curious. i can login using rlogin. i've modifed the /etc/pam.d/rsh,rlogin files, along with the /etc/securetty file. i've also changed the /etc/xinetd.d/(rsh,rlogin)files. as far as i can tell, nothing else has been changed... the curious thing. as far as i can tell... the files on the system that doesn't work, are the same as the files on the systems that are allowing rsh to occur... the err i'm getting in the /var/log/secure is: Jun 23 22:16:09 lserver5 userhelper[2186]: pam_timestamp(system-config-services:session): updated timestamp file `/var/run/sudo/root/unknown' Jun 23 22:16:09 lserver5 userhelper[2189]: running '/usr/sbin/system-config-services' with root privileges on behalf of 'root' Jun 23 22:16:28 lserver5 xinetd[2227]: START: shell pid=2239 from=192.168.1.45 Jun 23 22:16:28 lserver5 rshd[2239]: pam_rhosts_auth(rsh:auth): denied to root at 192.168.1.45 as test1: access not allowed Jun 23 22:16:28 lserver5 rshd[2239]: pam_unix(rsh:session): session opened for user test1 by (uid=0) Jun 23 22:16:28 lserver5 rshd[2239]: pam_unix(rsh:session): session closed for user test1 etc/pam.d/rsh #%PAM-1.0 # For root login to succeed here with pam_securetty, "rsh" must be # listed in /etc/securetty. auth required pam_nologin.so auth sufficient pam_rhosts_auth.so promiscuous auth required pam_securetty.so auth required pam_env.so account include system-auth session include system-auth etc/pam.d/rlogin #%PAM-1.0 # For root login to succeed here with pam_securetty, "rlogin" must be # listed in /etc/securetty. auth required pam_nologin.so auth sufficient pam_rhosts_auth.so promiscuous auth required pam_securetty.so auth required pam_env.so auth include system-auth account include system-auth password include system-auth session include system-auth /etc/securetty rsh rlogin rlogind rexec console vc/1 vc/2 vc/3 vc/4 vc/5 . . . /etc/xinetd.d/rexec:: # description: Rexecd is the server for the rexec(3) routine. The server \ # provides remote execution facilities with authentication based \ # on user names and passwords. service exec { socket_type = stream wait = no user = root log_on_success += USERID log_on_failure += USERID server = /usr/sbin/in.rexecd disable = no } /etc/xinetd.d/rsh:: # default: on # description: The rshd server is the server for the rcmd(3) routine and, \ # consequently, for the rsh(1) program. The server provides \ # remote execution facilities with authentication based on \ # privileged port numbers from trusted hosts. service shell { disable = no socket_type = stream wait = no user = root log_on_success += USERID log_on_failure += USERID server = /usr/sbin/in.rshd } /etc/xinetd.d/rlogin:: # default: on # description: rlogind is the server for the rlogin(1) program. The server \ # provides a remote login facility with authentication based on \ # privileged port numbers from trusted hosts. service login { socket_type = stream wait = no user = root log_on_success += USERID log_on_failure += USERID server = /usr/sbin/in.rlogind disable = no } i've been searching across the net for the last day or so, so i suspect that the solution is staring at me and i'm missing it! is there a way to debug this from the server side? is there a way to turn off authentication.. Is there a way to turn off/disable securetty... so... any thoughts/comments/things to check would be greatly appreciated.... thanks