Re: Rsh works one direction

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Author: Matt Alexander
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Subject: Re: Rsh works one direction
Roderick Ford wrote:
> M wrote:
>> Some things to verify before troubleshooting further...
>> .rhosts for each user has the IP of the connecting box.
> Yes, both sides.
>
>> /etc/securetty has an entry for rsh (and also rlogin and rexec, if
>> needed)
> Okay, didn't know about this. So, securetty needs a single line
> listing rsh?
> Looking at /etc/pam.d/rsh, there is a note about "For root login to
> succeed...",
> but I don't need to allow root rsh. Anyway, the /etc/pam.d/rsh and
> the /etc/securetty on frogger both match their equal on www machine.
>


You're correct. You only need an entry in securetty if you want root to
be able to rsh.
~M


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