rlogin : Solaris

[malay boy]

Hi,
Sorry guy's.But I don't know where to turn to for help on solaris.

Basically I need to root rlogin from machine A to machine B witout prompting for password.

In machine B,I already create /.rhosts which contain machine A name.Also I have created /etc/hosts.equiv in machine B which contain machine A name.

But still whenever I do rlogin it still prompt for password.

any hint ?.

regards
mB

[KapilRaj]

mB,

If this is a multihomed node, you may be getting connected via a diffrent interface which is not defined in .rhosts.

Also are you sure root's home directory is "/" ?. In AIX root 's home directory is "/root"

Good Luck .. i am online for some more time .. let me know if u need help

Kaps

[malay boy]

Thanks Kapil.

Yap I pretty sure that the home directory is /.

Here are the result of echo $HOME:
# echo $HOME
/

Also I have checked the /etc/passwd file to double confirm on the home directory.

[KapilRaj]

OK,

can u do an "ftp B &" from A and check netstat -a|grep ftp on B to find out what interface is used and add that in the .rhosts of B ?.

Regds,

Kaps

[KapilRaj]

Does it have multiple interfaces ?.

Kaps

[Jeroen Peereboom]

mB,

check the protections of your .rhosts. Should be for example 400 (r--------).
Remove the hosts.equiv.

Add IP addresses of A to .rhosts on B i.s.o. names. If this helps, you have a DNS problem.

You can remote login as root, so root access is not blocked?

JP.

[Michael Tully]

Hi mb,

Just for future reference, have a look at these Sun sites:

http://forum.sun.com/
http://supportforum.sun.com/
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/discussions
www.sunmanagers.org

You may have to register as well.

Regards
Michael

[malay boy]

Thanks everybody.Managed to solve the problem.In .rhosts have to put full qualifier name.example :

hawaii.us.earth.com

Even I put IP address it still not working.Thanks.

regards
mB

[KapilRaj]

mB,

This is the only reason why asked you to establish a session with System B from A and check netstat -an which would tell you what hostname it is being used while making a socket.

Regds,

Kaps

[malay boy]

Thanks Kapil.

regards
mB