rlogin from HP-UX to solaris

[Carles Viaplana]

Hello,

I need to connect to system B (SunOS 5.6) from system a (HP-UX B.11.11) through rlogin.

What should I doin both systems?

Note that:

- root passwords on both systems aren't the same
- I'm already able to execute rlogin command, but I want to do it and system doesn't request password.

Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards,

Carles

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi Charles,

Create a .rhosts file on the solaris server in the $HOME root user and add

your_hp_server_name root

save it and try to use the rlogin command.

Best ragards,
Robert-Jan

[Muthukumar_5]

Setup .rhosts file setup in $HOME directory on both machines. Read .rhosts man page.

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Muthu

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Carles,

All you need is, create a .rhosts file in solaris server in the $HOME root user and add

root

save it and try to use the rlogin command.

-Arun

[Muthukumar_5]

Or else use ssh key based setting in solaris and hp machine to setup a password less authentication. Or use expect scripting to make authentication without password.

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Muthu

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Carles,

This link could be helpful to you,

http://docsun.cites.uiuc.edu/sun_docs/C/solaris_9/SUNWabe/ADVOSUG/p30.html

-Arun

[Simon Wickham_6]

Hi Carles,

Simply setup a .rhosts file setup in $HOME with the following details.

.rhosts
-------
root
root

Regards,
Simon

[KRI]

Hi!

You must also verify /etc/inetd.conf on SunOS machine. Take a look at line:
login stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/in.rlogind in.rlogind

More info:
man inetd.conf
man rlogind

Regards!
KRI

[Bill Hassell]

Make sure that the permission for the .rhosts file on the HP-UX machine is 600 and is owned by the user, in this case, root. You don't want anyone reading the contents of this file. Good security practices dictate that this type of file is heavily resdtricted (and depending on patches, may be a requirment as it is for .netrc).

[Carles Viaplana]

Hi all,

Thanks for your answers.

At the beginning I didn't find .rhosts into solaris system, but finally I saw list command didn't show hidden files.

After this little issue, I modified .rhosts files and /etc/hosts.equiv files and I'm able to execute rlogin command without system B requires password.

Thanks again for your help.
Regards,

Carles