remsh doesn't return

[Shea Sullivan]

Hi,
I am running a script remotely(via remsh) from one HPUX 11.0 machine to another HPUX 11.0 machine. I noticed that whenever the script takes longer than about a minute, the remote shell takes FOREVER to return control to the local shell. Try this:

# remsh site2 -n 'echo hi_one; sleep 60; echo hi_two;'

My system takes longer than an hour to come back, even after I recieve the final standard out, i.e., "hi_two." Is this a network timeout issue, or a problem with remsh? BTW, I have remshd version PHNE_23003 on the remote client.

Thanks,

Shea

[Patrick Wallek]

I have just tested between two of my 11.0 boxes and it worked fine. I've got the same version of remshd on my machines as well.

This sounds like some kind of network issue, but I have no idea where to start looking. If you have a network sniffer you might hook that up and look at the traffic going between these 2 machines and see if there is anything abnormal.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

PHCO_29027 addresses some remshd issues which sound suspiciously like yours -- especially if the systems are trusted.

[Shea Sullivan]

Hmm. I'll try to load that patch and see if it makes a difference.

Thanks,

Shea