ssh and rsh

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 11:25:04AM -0700, Chen, Douglas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My group has a segment of network with combination of Linux  (Redhat 8.0) and Sun sparc (Solaris 8)
> behind company firewall. I was hoping to write a script to submit simulation job from Sun to different
> Linux box but failed because rsh is disabled in Linux and ssh required password which make the script
> harder to be used by everyone in the group. I have tried ssh-add, ssh-keygen with no luck.
> 
> My question is 
> 
> How can I enable rsh so I can run the script? I believe the security shouldn't be an issue since all
> the systems are behind the firewall. or is there any other way that I can submit remote command
> without password being asked?
> 
> Thank you very much for your help.
> 
> Douglas

As root:

  cd /etc/xinetd.d

Edit rsh with your favorite editor.  "pico" is easy to use.  Change
the line

        disable = yes

        disable = no

Then save and exit the editor.  Then

  service xinetd reload

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
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