bruce wrote: > 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 What does .rhosts contain for user test1 contain? Is it different from the .rhosts file(s) on the other systems - including the permissions ? James Pearson