FreeBSD 7.1 - rshd problems

[Chris Rees]

2009/2/17 Overdorf, Sam <sam.overdorf at intel.com>:
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I would probably be using "ssh" but I have s ton of scripts that I support and they all use "rsh" to do all of the underlying automation stuff.
>
> I figure there must be something broken on 7.1 since 7.0 works fine. I haven't seen any updates for 7.1 yet so I was wondering if anyone else is seeing this problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Rees [mailto:utisoft at googlemail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 1:47 AM
> To: Overdorf, Sam
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 - rshd problems
>
> 2009/2/13 Overdorf, Sam <sam.overdorf at intel.com>:
>> I'm having problems getting "rsh/rshd" to work on my 7.1 installation.
>> I have it configured the same as my 7.0 computer (which works fine) but when I try to run a command I get the following response:
>>
>> rsh u0610 ls
>> rshd: Login incorrect.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sam
>>
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>
> Have you tried using ssh instead? It works the same, and is a hell of
> a lot more secure. What do you want from rsh?
>
>
> Chris
>
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> R< $&h ! > $- ! $+      $@ $2 < @ $1 .UUCP. > (sendmail.cf)
>

[chris at zeus]~% rsh www.bayofrum.net 'ls'
rshd: Login incorrect.
[chris at zeus]~% rsh www.bayofrum.net -l chris ls
rshd: Login incorrect.
[chris at zeus]~% rsh www.bayofrum.net
otp-md5 488 am9338 ext
Password:
Last login: Tue Feb 17 18:20:05 from 192.168.1.71
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FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p2-20090114 (AMNESIAC) #1: Sun Jan 25 18:58:20 GMT 2009
You have new mail.
"man security" gives very good advice on how to tune the security of your
FreeBSD system.
[chris at amnesiac]~% rlogin: connection closed.
[chris at zeus]~%

Yup, happening to me too! Looks like it could be a bug...

Chris


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