rcp/rsh problems as root

Dan Lasley (DLASLEY@PROMUS.com)
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 15:52:33 -0500


I recently asked the folks on this list server the following question:

> > Can you give me a clue why root can't rcp/rsh and all other logins
> > can? Thanks!

Nobody had the right answer for Slackware 3.2, but Patrick Volkerding
(of Slackware fame) supplied the correct answer:

"The maintainer of rlogind/rshd decided to add a '-h' flag to these
utilities. Without it, you can't do .rhosts based rsh/rlogin as root.
To enable it, you add -h to the rshd/rlogind lines in /etc/inetd.conf."

Thanks, Pat.

Dan

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