rsh nt to HP-UX

[John Flanagan]

I am trying to rsh from my NT pc to a unix box. This works fine if both user names are the same but if I try to use the -l option it fails.

If I am logged on as fngj on my nt pc the following command will execute properly

rsh ptihp1 bdf

When I am logged on as administrator the following command fails

rsh ptihp1 -lfngj bdf

Regards,

John.

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

Check this link out:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xa6f55f260cafd4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

Later,
Bill

[harry d brown jr]

John,

You are getting this, correct?

C:\>rsh pbctst -l root bdf
pbctst.paychex.com: remshd: Login incorrect.
rsh: can't establish connection

C:\>


TO get it to work, you will need to put a .rhosts entry in for the user specified by "-l".

live free or die
harry

[Darrell Allen]

Hi John,

Either /etc/hosts.equiv or the .rhosts file in fngj's home directory on ptihp1 has an entry for your NT pc. It apparantly is either:

name_of_NT_pc

-or-

name_of_NT_pc fngj


The first case implicitly limits the user to the one whose home directory it's in (fngj).

The second case explicitly limits the user to fngj.

You need to add a line like:

name_of_NT_pc administrator

Darrell

[harry d brown jr · Accepted solution]

John,

on the unix box, go to the user's "fngj" home directory and put "+ +" into the .rhosts file. After the test is successful, change the "+ +" to your PC's name or IP.

live free or die
harry

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

just to add,
I'm Administrator on NT

and added this to roots ~/.rhosts

mypcname +
~
~

The + accepts the user names of all lengths...

Later,
Bill

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

Hey John, whereabouts in Ireland are you?
I'm going to Dublin for St Paddys day this weekend..
hope it doesn't rain so hard!

Later,
Bill

[John Flanagan]

Everything works fine if I use + for the user name and supply a valid unix user name in the -l option but I can't get it to work when I specify a user name in /etc/hosts.equiv or .hosts.

also

Is it possible to specify a subnet instead of a computer name?

Thanks,

John.

[Frank Slootweg]

On the HP-UX side you should have in ~uxuser/.rhosts :

NThost NTuser

Then on NT you do :

rsh uxhost -l uxuser uxcommand

I.e. with "uxhost -l uxuser" you specify where you 'go to' and 'to' which user you go. With .rhosts you specify where you 'come from' and as which user you come.