topic Re: rcp : login failed in Operating System - HP-UX

rcp : login failed

j773303 — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:11:18 GMT

A: rcp test.txt B:/tmp
login failed

I have alreay configue .rhosts
of B machine. Does anyone know how to verify it?

Re: rcp : login failed

Stefan Farrelly — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:25:58 GMT

A simple test is as user X on server A do;
remsh B -l uptime

and if .rhosts is setup correctly it will return uptime info.

Things to check if it doesnt work;
1. .rhosts on serverB has permissions 400
2. serverA is defined in .rhosts on serverB with full domain name (so that nslookup serverA resolves properly)
3. When you try a remsh or rcp you use the userid on serverB you setup the .rhosts for;
eg. on serverA do> rcp test.txt @:/tmp/test.txt
4. Is the format of your .rhosts file correct ? to test it temporarily change it to;
serverA +
(which allows all users from serverA to login)

Re: rcp : login failed

T G Manikandan — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:30:29 GMT

If you are doing rcp using root then your command looks fine.

If you are rcping between normal users then the format should be like

$rcp ruser1@rhost1:path1 ruser2@rhost2:path2

Re: rcp : login failed

V. Nyga — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:40:12 GMT

Hi,

from 'man rcp':
The rcp routine is confused by any output generated by commands in a .cshrc file on the remote host.

User is defined at both machines?

Volkmar

Re: rcp : login failed

V. V. Ravi Kumar_1 — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:45:40 GMT

hi,
check /etc/hosts for proper entries on both the machines.

try giving ip address in place of hostname.

if both machines are trusted, the users must be added through SAM, for whom u are doing rcp. adding a user from the command line is giving problem in case of rlogin and rcp in a trusted system.

Regards

Re: rcp : login failed

j773303 — Wed, 14 May 2003 23:54:44 GMT

I have try the suggestion from above, but the rcp still
can't work well, rcp in A machine is still failed, but in B machine is OK, both the setting are the same.
Any way to troubleshoot this?
Is it possible due to the rcp PATCH?

Re: rcp : login failed

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 15 May 2003 00:07:01 GMT

The .rhosts files can't be exactly the same.

.rhosts lists who is allowed to log in and from what hostname or ip address.

Lets say we have machA and machB machines

user schmobagel is allowed to use the INSECURE r-protocols.

in the /home/schmobagel/.rhosts file on machA it says:

schmobagel machB

on machB it says

schmobagel machA

This access can be blocked by /etc/hosts.equiv entries which invalidate the .rhosts file, or blocking configuration in the file /var/adm/inetd.sec

Check it out..

SEP