rsh from cygwin to HP server

[Leslie Chaim]

How can I use rsh from cygwin to a HP server.

When I do â rsh zibra uptimeâ , I get â zibra: remshd: Login incorrect.â

When I try: â rlogin zibraâ , I just get "Login incorrect" and I am prompted with "login:" after which I CAN login successfully.

My problem is that rsh does not work. Also, my real goal is to download source from a cvs repository from the server.

Thanks

[Mark Grant]

If that's your real goal, then why not just install cvs on your machine and checkout your source? On the other hand, for "rsh" or "remsh" on HP/ux to work, you need an account on the hp box and if you don't want to have to log in with it first, you need to have a .rhost file in your home directory that has your cygwin hostname in it. Also, the HP-UX box must be able to resolve the cygwin box.

[Leslie Chaim]

I did a cut 'n' paste from MS Word and my smarty quotes turned out to be dumb:(

Let me try this again. Thanks
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How can I use rsh from cygwin to a HP server.

When I do "rsh zibra uptime", I get "zibra: remshd: Login incorrect."

When I try: "rlogin zibra", I just get "Login incorrect" and I am prompted with "login:" after which I CAN login successfully.

My problem is that rsh does not work. Also, my real goal is to download source from a cvs repository from the server.

Thanks in advance

[Leslie Chaim]

Hey Mark, you beat be there:)

I do have cvs on my cygwin machine. I want to checkout my source from the HP box by using cvs â d :extâ ¦and I have an account on the HP box.

I placed my cygwin hostname in my home dir on the HP box. I think the problem may be with cygwin my login name is not the same as on the HP box. Should this be the case, then how do I create a new cygwin

[Mark Grant]

Hi :) No idea how you would create a user on your cygwin box but you can do "rsh -l username hostname" to attempt to rsh as a different user and as long as that user has the .rhost file your shoul dbe able to get in.

[Umapathy S]

Leslie,
Try to export USERNAME to the one on hpux and do rsh. But I am not sure.
HTH,
Umapathy

[Leslie Chaim]

When I do "rsh -l user host" followed by a command I get the same "zibra: remshd: Login incorrect." and the .rhosts file does not help.

Without a command I am just prompted with the "password" and I am able to login and this works even with no .rhosts file!

I tried the USERNAME thing it does not help.

[Mark Grant]

Ok, now check that /var/adm/inetd.sec on the hp-ux box will allow your host to use rsh too.

The .rhosts file will definately be required if you don't want to enter a pssword.

[Leslie Chaim]

The inetd.sec file does not exist. I saw the man page that this indicates the "security is limited to that implemented by the servers." Not sure what this means exectly, but I am able to login/telnet and as I mentined before with the rsh command as well.

[Mark Grant]

You know, I have had this same problem so many times and it has made me quite mad in the past.

Is the .rhosts file owned by the correct user?

Try putting the ip address of the cygwin box in .rhosts instead of the hostname (could have a name resolution issue)

[Leslie Chaim]

I put the IP of the cygwin box in my .rhosts file in my home dir on the HP box but I still cannot connect:(

Also, (just FYI) I tired to 'ping'ing my cygwin from from HP and it works only with the IP addresss.

[Mark Grant]

OK, try this. Put your cygwin hostname and ip in /etc/hosts and make sure /etc/nsswitch.conf is set to do files before DNS. I think we might be getting somewhere

[Leslie Chaim]

OK, then I will have to go and tickle my sysadmin...

I'll be back on Monday:)

Thanks for your help, Mark

Cheers,

Leslie

[RolandH]

Hi Leslie,

have you a /etc/shells file on you hpux box.
If yes - you should add the rsh shell to that file. /etc/shells must owned by root:sys and the permissions 644.
Same permissions for .rhost file in $HOME dir but this should be owned by the user, who own the $HOME.

HTH
Roland

[Leslie Chaim]

I got it to work!

Following the idea of putting the IP address in the .rhosts file and from the manpage, I put the IP followed by my cygwin USER and it works... from cygwin. Thanks Mark for your guidance.

Talking about goals... my REAL goal was to connect to the cvs server from the Eclipse IDE. I am still searching...

All I get back when trying to connect is:

"Unknown response received from cvs server: "

Any ideas?

[Mark Grant]

Hi again Leslie,

Are you running the correct version of client for the cvs server?

[Leslie Chaim]

I am not sure about Eclipse and what version of cvs client it uses.

My cygwin version is 1.11 and connects to the cvs server on the HP box which is 1.11.2

[Mark Grant]

Have you tried doing normal command line cvs stuff from the command line for example a simple "cvs co" etc etc? Just to make sure that the cvs server is working correctly?

[Leslie Chaim]

Yes I did and it works from cygwin. However, I just noticed that it does not work from a DOS window.

[Umapathy S]

Leslie,
The way cygwin shell (bash) interprets the env var CVSSERVER will be different than in a dos env.
Surely, its a problem with eclipse. Look out for any upgrades or patches of eclipse.

HTH,
Umapathy

[Leslie Chaim]

Ok, I can coonnect to the cvs server from a DOS window. I placed the cygwin\bin at the head of Windows %PATH% variable, and it's fine. But I still can't connect with Eclipse and I just installed it last week. So I 'think' I have the latest version.

[Leslie Chaim]

I got it to work in Eclipse! :)

It appears that Eclipse uses it's own inernal CVS_RSH var. I found this seeting in the drop down menu Window->Preferences->Team->CVS->Ext Connection Method

Thanks for all your help,

Leslie

[Mark Grant · Accepted solution]

Leslie, you're a star!

[Leslie Chaim]

Thanks for the opportunity to give this a 'bunny' status!