getting permission denied when rcping

[Matt Shaffer_1]

I have 2 RHE3 machines and I am trying to rcp files from one to the other. I am getting permision denied when I rcp or rsh. I am able to rlogin. I've checked /etc/hosts, hosts.equiv, hosts.allow and /root/.rhosts. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

[Ivan Ferreira]

You should use scp!!

If you can to sync machines you can also use rsync.

Anyway, name resolution is important when you use r commands.

[Rick Garland]

Which user are you invoking the rcp command? To what system:filesystem are you going to?

Check to ensure all permissions/ownerships are compatible.

Also, try to start using scp instead. These are standard install Linux tools. Ready to go.

[Steven E. Protter]

tools like rcp rsh rely not on actual usernames but on numeric user id's.

If the numeric user id, available from the id command or/etc/passwd don't match you can get permission denied problems.

tail -f /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

Try again, report results.

SEP

[Matt Shaffer_1]

. think i had to add rsh, etc to /etc/securetty. i was very at this 5+ years ago.