https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/help-plz-to-solve-problem-with-rexec-autorisation/m-p/2482551#M79968 Dear Sir!<BR /><BR />The situation is this:<BR />running rexec host -l user /sbin/ifconfig<BR />...its working<BR />running rexec host -l root /sbin/ifconfig<BR />rexec: Lost connection<BR /><BR />how to make this working?<BR /><BR />Thanks'<BR /><BR /> Sun, 14 Jan 2001 15:40:53 GMT Michael Yurin 2001-01-14T15:40:53Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/help-plz-to-solve-problem-with-rexec-autorisation/m-p/2482551#M79968 Dear Sir!<BR /><BR />The situation is this:<BR />running rexec host -l user /sbin/ifconfig<BR />...its working<BR />running rexec host -l root /sbin/ifconfig<BR />rexec: Lost connection<BR /><BR />how to make this working?<BR /><BR />Thanks'<BR /><BR /> Sun, 14 Jan 2001 15:40:53 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/help-plz-to-solve-problem-with-rexec-autorisation/m-p/2482551#M79968 Michael Yurin 2001-01-14T15:40:53Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/help-plz-to-solve-problem-with-rexec-autorisation/m-p/2482552#M79969 Access to rexec is controlled through PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules).<BR /><BR />For a more secure system, root should not be allowed as a user name for any of the "r" commands like rlogin, rsh and rexec.<BR /><BR />If you really do need to use rexec with root, you should edit /etc/pam.d/rexec and comment out the line containing <BR /><BR />pam_securetty.so <BR /><BR /><BR />Obviously, you need to be aware of the security implications that accompany this decision. Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:48:41 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/help-plz-to-solve-problem-with-rexec-autorisation/m-p/2482552#M79969 Dave Kelly_1 2001-01-15T11:48:41Z