can't rcp file

[peterchu]

I hv a file want to rcp from host A to host B ,
I tried a user can do that , but root user can't , could advise except update /.rhosts at host B , how to let root user can rcp file from host A to host B ? thx

[Geoff Wild]

Check permissions of .rhosts for root as root:
ll ~root/.rhosts

Should be:

-rw------- 1 root sys

Do you have a /var/adm/inetd.sec file?

Rgds...Geoff

[Eknath]

Hi peter,

Check man page of hosts.equiv...

here is some abstracts
The /etc/hosts.equiv file and files named .rhosts found in users' home
directories specify remote hosts and users that are "equivalent" to the local host or user. Users from equivalent remote hosts are permitted to access a local account using rcp or remsh.

An entry in the hostequiv file is a single line (no continuations) in the format:

[hostname [username]] [#comment]

Cheers!!!
eknath

[Muthukumar_5]

Are you having /.rhosts file with root:root group id 600 permission there?

Host A:

$root home /.rhosts
hostb root

Host B:
$root home /.rhosts
hosta root

Do you have anything in /etc/hosts.equiv file? check is it working or not.

hth.

[Suraj Singh_1]

Hi,

What exactly is the error message thrown when running rcp by root user?
With the details given, i would suspect .rhosts file of root user..

check ~root/.rhosts (permission 600) file for the correct entries:
host_A
======
host_B root

host_B
======
host_A root

Regards

[renarios]

Hi,

Do you have you hosts in secure mode?
Take a glance at http://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/rmctc/ssh2 where it will be explained clearly what to do.

Cheers,

Renarios

[Steven E. Protter]

all the rhosts file needs to have it it is the hostname.

rcp will fail if the hostname is in .rhosts and name resolution can not occur from /etc/hosts or DNS.

In that case you may wish to try the ip address of the server.

There are many things that can block rcp
* firewall port based block.
* host.equiv entries prohibiting the protocol
* network connectivity.
* failed lan card
* failed lan cable
* incorrect switch port configuration.
* permissions on the .rhosts file.

On host B
tail -f /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

try the rcp from host A to host B

If there is no log entry, then its networking, if there is respond to the error or post it here.



SEP

[Cem Tugrul]

i am also agree with SEP...
Good luck,