I want to turn on RSH for internal users. I know the security issues
involved, but with the controls in xinetd and our firewall, we want to turn it
on anyway.
I thought I could just turn it on in /etc/xinetd.d/rsh, but that doesn't seem
to work. That file reads:
service shell
{
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
log_on_success += DURATION USERID
log_on_failure += USERID
server = /usr/sbin/in.rshd
disable = no
}
and after restarting xinet, I still can't do an rsh to the machine. Once I
have it figured out, I plan on putting:
only_from = 192.168.0.0/24
in there for security, but it's not there now...
Anyway, when I try to rsh to localhost the system waits for about 45sec and
gives me:
localhost: Connection refused
If I try:
telnet localhost 514 (is that the right port?)
I get an immediate error in /var/log/messages and an immediate connection
closed. I would think that if xinetd were quashing the connection, I'd get a
log message from the rsh.
I have the rsh and rsh-server packages installed and I have restarted xinetd.
Is there something else I have to turn on to make rsh active?
Thanks!
-Michael
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In light of the terrorist attack on the U.S.:
They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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