topic Re: rlogin error in Operating System - Linux

rlogin error

logaraman — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:34:00 GMT

Hi ,

When i try to r ogin to the local host, i get the below error..

"[root@TESTDB etc]# rlogin TESTDB
connect to address 10.81.5.77: Connection refused
Trying krb4 rlogin...
connect to address 10.81.5.77: Connection refused
trying normal rlogin (/usr/bin/rlogin)

Any suggestion pls

Re: rlogin error

Jaime Bolanos Rojas. — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:08:00 GMT

Logaraman,

Please check this file and the is not disable:

/etc/xinetd.d/rlogin

disable = no

IF it's then make the changes and save, then restart the xinetd service.

Regards,

Jaime.

Re: rlogin error

Ivan Ferreira — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:25:44 GMT

I would suggest the use of SSH with public keys instead of rlogin. It's better to disable this service on the servers for security reasons.

Re: rlogin error

logaraman — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:50:15 GMT

Hi ,

the rlogin is set to disable=no on the xinetd.d dir..

Any suggestions pls

Re: rlogin error

Alexander Finkel — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:56:59 GMT

Is xinetd running?

If it is, check if the system is listening on the login port.

Use 'netstat -a |grep LISTEN' to see what ports the system is listening on.

Re: rlogin error

logaraman — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:01:02 GMT

pls find below the output of the command

tcp 0 0 *:32769 *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 localhost:ipp *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LIST
N
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6409 /dev/gpmctl
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6506 /tmp/.font-unix/fs7100
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 8313 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 9224 /tmp/ssh-ExmaDf3924/age
t.3924
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 5964 /var/run/acpid.socket
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 8242 /tmp/.gdm_socket
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6657 /var/run/dbus/system_bu
_socket

Re: rlogin error

Alexander Finkel — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:24:32 GMT

Looks like the system is not listening for connections on the login port. Did you restart xinetd after making changes to /etc/xinetd.d/rlogin ?

Did you install the rsh-server package?

- Alex

Re: rlogin error

logaraman — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:27:25 GMT

No changes were done on the rlogin file on xinetd.d dir..

Also no packages were installed

Re: rlogin error

Alexander Finkel — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:32:08 GMT

Yes, but is the rsh-server package installed?

'rpm -qil rsh-server'

That package contains the rlogin server binary.

If it is, try restarting xinetd and check your logs for errors. You might also want to try removing and reinstalling the rsh-server package.

- Alex

Re: rlogin error

logaraman — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:35:51 GMT

hi

Will try re-installing the package and keep you updated

Re: rlogin error

Atul Gautam — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:03:37 GMT

Hi,

As Ivan has suggested, use SSH with public keys rather than using "rlogin" as it is not that much secured.

--
ATUL

Re: rlogin error

dirk dierickx — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:28:05 GMT

why would you need rlogin?