rlogin from hp-ux to linux (mandrake)

[Daniel Ubeda]

Hi,

I want to login or run rsh from hpux 9000 server to a linux machine.
I configure ./rhosts and /etc/hosts files, but I have not permission ...
rlogin narda
rcmd: connect: narda: Connection refused
If I try from linux to hpux, I can login.!!

Help

[U.SivaKumar_2 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Is the rlogin service enabled in linux ?
#ntsysv
#service xinetd restart

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[Daniel Ubeda]

You are a GENIUS !!!

THANKS !!!

Obviusly I am a hpux administrator, but not a linux expert !!!

thanks again

[Robert Thorneycroft]

You might want to consider using SSH instead.

I have exactly the same setup and SSH setup is both easy and secure. Once it is setup you just substitute rsh or remsh for ssh and everything works perfectly.

Regards,

Robert Thorneycroft

[Daniel Ubeda]

I have two machines with linux, same version.
In both I can do rlogin, but in one ask me for password.
In both the ./rhosts are identical.
Are there any other config file ???
In this machine, I can't run ntsysv ..
-bash: ntsysv: command not found

I edit the files in /etc/xinetd.d and restart the service.

thanks

[Kodjo Agbenu]

Hello Daniel,

Make sure that the name lookup service is properly configured on both machines. If you are not using DNS, check /etc/hosts and /etc/nsswitch.conf on both machines.

(I learned this in a Hp-ux course few years ago :-)

Good luck.

Kodjo

[Daniel Ubeda]

I compare both files, and are identical.
But from one machine I can't do a rlogin because askme for a password.....
Any other idea ??

[Steven E. Protter]

Now that you fixed it turn off rlogin and start using ssh

Its a serious security problem and totally unecessary to use rlogin.

Do you really trust your firewall administrator enough to not do as I suggest?

Do you trust each and every user of your network?

Good luck.