rlogin error

[logaraman]

Hi ,

When i try to r ogin to the local host, i get the below error..

"[root@TESTDB etc]# rlogin TESTDB
connect to address 10.81.5.77: Connection refused
Trying krb4 rlogin...
connect to address 10.81.5.77: Connection refused
trying normal rlogin (/usr/bin/rlogin)

Any suggestion pls

[Jaime Bolanos Rojas.]

Logaraman,

Please check this file and the is not disable:

/etc/xinetd.d/rlogin

disable = no

IF it's then make the changes and save, then restart the xinetd service.

Regards,

Jaime.

[Ivan Ferreira]

I would suggest the use of SSH with public keys instead of rlogin. It's better to disable this service on the servers for security reasons.

[logaraman]

Hi ,

the rlogin is set to disable=no on the xinetd.d dir..

Any suggestions pls

[Alexander Finkel]

Is xinetd running?

If it is, check if the system is listening on the login port.

Use 'netstat -a |grep LISTEN' to see what ports the system is listening on.

[logaraman]

pls find below the output of the command



tcp 0 0 *:32769 *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 localhost:ipp *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp *:* LIST
N
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LIST
N
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6409 /dev/gpmctl
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6506 /tmp/.font-unix/fs7100
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 8313 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 9224 /tmp/ssh-ExmaDf3924/age
t.3924
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 5964 /var/run/acpid.socket
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 8242 /tmp/.gdm_socket
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6657 /var/run/dbus/system_bu
_socket

[Alexander Finkel]

Looks like the system is not listening for connections on the login port. Did you restart xinetd after making changes to /etc/xinetd.d/rlogin ?

Did you install the rsh-server package?

- Alex

[logaraman]

No changes were done on the rlogin file on xinetd.d dir..

Also no packages were installed

[Alexander Finkel]

Yes, but is the rsh-server package installed?

'rpm -qil rsh-server'

That package contains the rlogin server binary.

If it is, try restarting xinetd and check your logs for errors. You might also want to try removing and reinstalling the rsh-server package.

- Alex

[logaraman]

hi

Will try re-installing the package and keep you updated

[Atul Gautam]

Hi,

As Ivan has suggested, use SSH with public keys rather than using "rlogin" as it is not that much secured.



--
ATUL

[dirk dierickx]

why would you need rlogin?