rcp error - rresvprot: bind: Permission denied

[David Hirschman]

When trying to use "rcp" I get the following "error: rresvport: bind: Permission denied".

Any clues?
Thanks in advance.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

'Permission denied' implies some permission issues. Following are the permissions on my system.

-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 45056 Sep 9 2002 /usr/bin/rcp
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 28672 Jul 2 2001 /usr/bin/remsh

Check to see if they are the same on your system.

-Sri

[Steven E. Protter]

I'm guessing you are doing rcp by hostname.'

Try by the underlying IP address.

rcp hostname

to

rcp 192.168.0.40

For example, insert real ip address here.

Based on the message, I'd say there is an issue with the BIND DNS server pointed to in the /etc/resolv.conf file.

You should make sure that you can ping the top server in resolv.conf

Check for firewalls and networking issues between this server and the target server.

SEP

[Sanjay_6]

Hi David,

Looks like a permission issue with /usr/bin/rcp.

it should have permission -r-sr-xr-x. If these are not the permission on rcp, set it using chmod,

chmod 4555 /usr/bin/rcp

Also the owner of this file should be root:bin

Hope this helps.

Regds