solved:enable RSH on RHEL 3.0

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thanks, this is how i was able to make it work:

1.  Prepare Linux host to provide rsh Capability:

a.  check that rsh daemon is installed:

chkconfig --list | grep rsh
or
rpm -qa | grep rsh-server

If does not exist, need to install the rsh-server RPM package:
rsh-server-0.17-17.i386.rpm.

i.  download rpm into /tmp directory of the Linux host
ii. rpm -Uvh rsh-server-0.17-17.i386.rpm


2.  Edit the following configuration files:

/etc/xinetd.d/rexec with  DISABLE = NO
/etc/xinetd.d/rsh with DISABLE = NO
/etc/xinetd.d/rlogin with DISABLE = NO


3.  Append the following per line in the /etc/securetty file:

rsh
rexec
rlogin

4.  Edit the following PAM-related files to allow remote logins from other
systems:

i. Edit the file /etc/pam.d/login and comment out the following
line by inserting a pound sign (#) in front of it, as follows:

# auth   required   /lib/security/pam_securetty.so

ii. Edit the file /etc/pam.d/rsh and change the following line:

auth   required   /lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so
to
auth   sufficient   /lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so

Comment out the following line by inserting a pound sign (#) in front of
it, as follows:

# auth   required   /lib/security/pam_securetty.so

5.  Restart the xinitd service:

# /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart


> There might be more, but something like as follows:
> up2date rsh-server
> chckconfig rsh on
> setup ip table
> echo "rsh" >> /etc/securetty
> echo "hostname to allow root access with rsh if any" >> /root/.rhosts
>
> yasushi
>


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