Unable to RCP

[George_Dodds]

i have one server that i want to use to rcp files to 4 other servers.

There are 5 different userids that exist on all of the servers that will use rcp.

in /etc/hosts all of the servers know about each other and in each userid's home directory i have updated the .rhosts file with the relavent server info.

But when i try to rcp from one server to another i get :-

$ rcp /home/userid1/test server2:/home/userid1
remshd: Login incorrect.

The userid's passwords are the same on both servers, what am i missing?

Ta

George

[Stephen Keane]

If you remsh into server2 from the server you were on, does it ask for a password. If it does, check the rhosts and /etc/hosts files again.

[Sunil Sharma_1]

I will check name lookup and .rhosts file permission for this.

Sunil

[Michael_356]

Hi there,

try remsh server1 ll

if you then get "remshd: Login incorrect"
check your
/etc/hosts
/etc/hosts.equiv
$HOME/.rhosts

regards

Michael

[Michael_356]

Also you can try to insert a line in $HOME/.rhosts with
+ +

then try to remsh to the server with this changed .rhosts

Regards

Michael

[George_Dodds]

I can remsh into server 2 from server 1 ok

i've checked the /etc/hosts and .rhosts and they seem fine.

on server1

/etc/hosts has the entry

*.*.*.* server 2

and /home/userid1/.rhosts has the entry

server2 userid1


on server2

/etc/hosts has the entry

*.*.*.* server 1

and /home/userid1/.rhosts has the entry

server1 userid1

[Michael_356]

And you run rcp under userid1-environment?

Michael

[George_Dodds]

Yes thats correct

[Stephen Keane]

Permissions on home/userid1/.rhosts files?

[Michael_356]

Hmmm...

Maybe you have entries in /var/adm/inetd.sec
or the ports for rcp blocked.

Michael

[Michael_356]

ouch, forget my last reply, i can't delete them.
My finger ary to quick for me :)

i agree with stephen, what are the permissions for .rhosts

regards

Michael

[Stephen Keane]

Is it stopping you from rcp both ways, logged into server1 and server2? If so it points to an RCP port/permission problem. If it works one way, but not the other it looks like a .rhosts or /etc/hosts type problem.

[George_Dodds]

-rw------- 1 userid1 users 80 Dec 30 12:28 .rhosts

I do have a server that this does work on (i'm currently migrating from 11 to 11i) Server1 is it's replacement. i've crosschecked configs but cant see any different.

[Stephen Keane]

You haven't got 2 machines with the same IP address or anything? Does arp -a give you what you expect. Can you ping from server1 to server2 and from server2 to server1 by name and does the IP adresses match what you expect?

[Michael_356]

the owner of .rhosts is userid1?
If .rhosts owner is root, it will not work

Michael

[George_Dodds]

Good point i can rcp fine the other way.

There has to be something different on this new 11i server that i'm missing.

[George_Dodds]

This new server (server1) is a trusted system, the others are not, would that affect anything?

[George_Dodds]

ignore last comment Server2 is a trusted 11i system as well.

I can rcp to server1 from one of the other servers fine

[George_Dodds]

Stephen the ip's are fine

Michael the .rhosts file in /home/userid1 is owned by userid1 on all servers

The .rhosts file in the root directory is owned by root.

[Stephen Keane]

Are the UIDs the same on the source/dest server pair that works and different on the source/dest server pair that don't work? Probably a long shot, but worth a try.

[Michael_356]

You can rcp from OldSystem to NewSystem but you cannot rcp from NewSystem to OldSystem.

annoying scene!!

It doesn't matter if a system is trusted or not, the way of rcp is the same.
Whats about remsh/rcp server2 from any other server?

Michael

[George_Dodds]

UID's are the same.

Other servers work fine it's just this 1 server that seems to want a good beating!

[Michael_356]

$HOME/userid1 is owned by userid1?
/home is owned by root with right permissions?
the entry for userid1 is correct in /etc/passwd?
You have no /etc/hosts.equiv or no entries in it?

Michael

[Stephen Keane]

# which rcp

gives the same results? You aren't using kerberos on one server and not the other, or the kerberos version of rcp on one server and not the other?

[George_Dodds]

$HOME/userid1 is owned by userid1? - Yes


/home is owned by root with right permissions?
- Yes

the entry for userid1 is correct in etc/passwd?
- Yes

You have no /etc/hosts.equiv or no entries in it?
- Only localhost is in there that is the same on all servers including the original software update server which works fine.