topic Re: Disable rexec in Operating System - HP-UX

Disable rexec

kaushikbr — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:23:38 GMT

Hi,

Is it possible to disable all remote shell commands on HP-UX. Disable rcp,remsh etc.
And enable these when required.

Thanks and regards
Kaushik

Re: Disable rexec

Peter Godron — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:38:09 GMT

Hi,
modify the inetd.conf and re-start inetd.
See:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=866233

Please also read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

Re: Disable rexec

kaushikbr — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:50:20 GMT

Hi Peter,

Thank you very much for you response.
By doing the recomended changes to the inetd.conf file, I'm able to disable the rcp,remsh commands.

I have commented the following lines from the /etc/inetd.conf file to disable rcp,remsh & rlogin command. Do you see any impact on the system by disabling these services in terms of service guard operation etc ?

login stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/rlogind rlogind -l
shell stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/remshd remshd -l
exec stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/rexecd rexecd

Thanks and regards
Kaushik

Re: Disable rexec

Peter Godron — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:55:26 GMT

Hi,
please see:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=12014
especially last answer

Re: Disable rexec

Peter Godron — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:00:46 GMT

Hi,
are you happy with the last answer I gave ?

Could you please complete the thread by awarding points to helpful answers and summarising the solution for you.

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