remsh not working on hp ux

[hemant dubey_1]

trying to to do remsh from one server with user A on another server to user B but giving error login incorrect

[Fabian Briseño]

Hello hemant.

You need to edit the .rhosts file in each server.

[Fabian Briseño]

Since when Is this occurring ?

did it work before ?

[hemant dubey_1]

.rhosts file is ok i am able to do remsh from B to A but not A to B

[Rita C Workman]

Then you need to double check the B server's .rhost file. Something is amiss.

Rgrds,
Rita

[Fabian Briseño]

Hello Hemant.

Check your /etc/hosts file

[hemant dubey_1]

it was working fine last week .

[Fabian Briseño]

Hello Hemant.
What command are you using ?

[hemant dubey_1]

/home/oraprap> remsh whithp03 pwd
remshd: Login incorrect.

[hemant dubey_1]

on server whithp07 i am using this command

/home/oraprap> remsh whithp03 pwd
remshd: Login incorrect.

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the .rhosts file of whithp03 is
whithp03:/root > more /home/orauat/.rhosts
whithp04 orauat
whithp05 orauat
whithp02 orauat
whithp06 oraprap
whithp07 oraprap
whithp08 oraprap
whithp09 oraprap
whithp20 oraprap
whithp20_bkp oraprap

[Fabian Briseño]

Hemant.
Check this link out

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=99356


hope it helps

[hemant dubey_1]

there is no /etc/hosts.equiv file in my hpux 11.11 system.

is it necessary or if i have to create it what entry should be there in this file

[hemant dubey_1]

if i am trying
#remsh whithp03 pwd

it is asking for password not ...i think it should not ask for password

[A. Clay Stephenson]

It's actually more secure to have an /etc/hosts.equiv file, owned by root, with mode 644 but a NULL file.

The next requirement is that an entry be found in the .rhosts file in the home directory of the user. The file should only be readable by the user and owned by the user. The most common error here (and may well explain your problem) is that the hostname listed in .rhosts does not match that returned by gethostbyaddr().

Do a man remshd. The authenication sequence is explained in great detail there.

[Dennis Handly]

>the .rhosts file of whithp03 is ...

You should include whithp03 in .rhosts so you can share the same file.

I've also had problems where I had to use the IP address for the source machine. Until the name server, DSN, etc. was fixed.

[Matti_Kurkela]

Check the permissions of the .rhosts file and the home directory of user B. If the .rhosts file is writable by anyone other than the owner, the system will ignore it.

The idea is to prevent access if it looks like the file might have been modified by someone other than the legitimate owner.

MK