CDE and "R" Services

[Eric Herr]

Is there a relationship between the HP-CDE and having "R" services (rlogind,remshd,rexecd) enabled on the same system. For security reasons we do not want these services enabled however they seem to be effecting out CDE sessions. For example, after disabling the services in inetd.conf and connecting via Exceed to a server I get past the CDE login but then stop at an hourglass on the blue copyright screen. This is as far as it goes. Never get to a desktop.

[Andrew Cowan]

In order to use CDE you should not need the R-services to be enabled. Some flavours of Unix use the "dtcald"? (can't remember the exact name) that sets up the appointment daemon for the calendar. This can be disabled but does impare some of the calendar sharing functions.

For CDE to work you only need to be able to correctly resolve your IP Addr/Hostname.

[Steve Steel]

Hi


Is there anything in
/var/dt/Xerrors or $HOME/.dt/startlog
when it hangs

If you have /usr/contrib/bin/X11/dr_dt

run it and fix all errors and warnings possible


Steve Steel

[Doug Burton]

Here's what I've found out (so far) about inetd.conf file and CDE issues ( I cut and pasted off my inetd.conf web page):

dtspc stream tcp nowait root /usr/dt/bin/dtspcd /usr/dt/bin/dtspcd -log

* For CDE. If you want to run this and get some logging info to /var/dt/tmp/DTSPCD.log, then add the "-log" switch.
* What Breaks: Not CDE (in general). This apparently is the DeskTop SubProcess Control Service (dtspcd) - used to invoke a process on another system. Still don't know what programs break though (dtcm and/or dtmail?).

rpc xti tcp swait root /usr/dt/bin/rpc.ttdbserver 100083 1 /usr/dt/bin/rpc.ttdbserver

* Works with CDE Tool Talk. (So that's where those stinkin TT_DB directories are coming from.)
* What Breaks: NOT CDE login from the console, Exceed or ReflectionX. Connect to other CDE desktops in order to exchange Calendar or DTmail info (dtcm and dtmail).

rpc dgram udp wait root /usr/dt/bin/rpc.cmsd 100068 2-5 rpc.cmsd

* Works with the CDE Calendar Manager (dtcm).
* What Breaks: You will get a number of errors when running "dtcm".

To my knowledge "rloingd", "remshd" and "rexecd" - if commented out - will not effect CDE. But I'm certainly not the last word on this.