rcp - From Sun to HP is ok but not other way round

[David Gerrish]

Using rcp, I can copy a file from a Sun solaris 8 system to an HPUX 11 system.

What I cannot do is:

a) copy a single test file from HP to Sun
b) rcp from the HP to grab a file from the Sun

I have edited .rhosts and /etc/hosts.equiv and added "+" everywhere...

Summary is as follows:

Sun> rcp file Hp:/tmp (WORKS)

HP> rcp file Sun:/tmp (FAILS)
HP> rcp Sun:/tmp/file . (FAILS)

Any ideas - this must be very obvious but I cannot see what the problem is.

Help appreciated!

Dave

[Steven Sim Kok Leong · Accepted solution]

Hi,

In your /etc/inetd.conf of your SUN server, is the following services enabled (ie. uncommented)?

exec
login
shell

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[David Gerrish]

Thanks - that did it!

An obvious one I suppose, but not when you are not thinking straight!

Thanks for the response - no further responses required.

Dave