After rlogin the system ask for the password

[Roberto Volsa]

I am working on a cluster configuration and it is needed that rlogin works properly; but when I launch an rlogin form a node to the other node the system asks for the password. The HP-UX version is 11.00 and Patch Bundle is December 2000; the server is an A500.
The /.rhosts is properly written on both servers (the problem happens from both nodes).
Could it be due to a patch not installed?
thanx a lot

[Rita C Workman]

OK..I'm gonna take a swing at this.
First Berlene on the other post gave some good suggestions about trying.
Now, MC/SG allows you to specify an alternate file for communication instead of the .rhosts file for validation. If this file exists then MC/SG will only use this file!!! So check and see if /etc/cmcluster/cmclnodelist exists.
If it doesn't, then ok. If it does, check the format it should look like this:
[hostname] [rootuser] [#comment]
here's an example:
node1 root
node2.sys.dom.com root

Now this may sound silly, but if we're back to checking the rhosts file---is your .rhosts file situated at /. If your ok with this, try to just simply rlogin yourself as root to the other node. If you couldn't then remove the .rhosts files you have and re-enter them. Myself I prefer to do the + root ; but you may prefer [hostname] [rootuser].
And make sure your permissions for this file are 0600.

I hope this info helps you .. let us know,
/rcw

[Sandor Horvath_2]

Hi !

Rita has right, only 1 other thing.
For the rlogin the cilent hostname must be in the /etc/hosts file, not enought from DNS or NIS.

regards, Saa