remsh,rlogin

[PROSANJIT MALLICK]

Hi all,
when I do rlogin from one hpserver to other
sometimes it takes much time, but If I do telnet simultaneosly it goes through very fast. Because of this one of my shells which uses remsh times out. I wanted to know why rlogin takes so much time while telnet goes through. Can I improve the execution of rlogin/remsh ?

Thanks
Prosanjit

[Darrel Louis]

Hi,

Remsh/rlogin should go with the same speed as telnet.
Is there a difference between:
remsh
remsh
If yes, check if the hostname resolving goes oke.

check the following files:
/etc/hosts; /etc/resolv.conf; /etc/nsswitch.conf; /.rhosts; nis config.

[Sandor Horvath_2]

If You have problem with rlogin first check this things:
1, the remote host name and IP address found in local /etc/hosts. Not enough if it is in yuor DNS.

2, /etc/hosts/equiv and/or $HOME/.rhosts content and permission

3, If your user is root in remote machine it use only /.rhosts

regards, Saa

[PROSANJIT MALLICK]

Thanks for the reply,
But I dont use hosts.equiv nor nis.
I have .rhosts entries for rlogin.
The servers are on a separate network.
the problem also occurs once in 100 times.
but once it gets stuck it takes too long
to enter. after a while everything is proper.
But telnet works fine all the times.

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

Read up the online manual for rlogind (man rlogind). Interest should be around the"Cannot allocation of pty and Permission denied".