rsh

durgaprasadr13 · October 13, 2008, 3:08am

How to enable rsh in solaris

kumarmani · October 13, 2008, 3:32am

You need entry in /etc/inetd.conf as below and restart the service for inted

incredible · October 13, 2008, 4:37am

Which version of Solaris? Solaris 10 do not have the entry in the /etc/inetd.conf. You will need to add it to the /etc/services file then restart the daemon. svcadm restart inetd

Other versions of solaris, as mentioned, edit the file, then restart the network daemon

jlliagre · October 13, 2008, 5:09am

rsh is already present in /etc/services in all Solaris releases:

shell   514/tcp   cmd   # no passwords used

To enable it, run

svcadm enable shell:default

then set the rhosts file(s) appropriately.

By the way, rsh is a pretty insecure protocol, ssh should be used instead.

durgaprasadr13 · October 13, 2008, 5:24am

Thank you very much

incredible · October 13, 2008, 6:00am

rsh is already present in /etc/services in all Solaris releases:
shell 514/tcp cmd # no passwords used

But I don't see it in my Solaris 10 system... Anyway, thanks.

frozentin · October 14, 2008, 1:36am

That may be due to a choice you made when installing the box.

Solaris 10 installer asks you whether you want to enable "all" n/w services or only ssh.

jlliagre · October 14, 2008, 2:43am

The netservices command has no effect on /etc/services.