Hi Madz
To check the process locking the device
type -
1. fuser /cdrom (or mount point).
2. Ensure you aren't in the cdrom filesystem, as you can't unmount a filesystem you are sat in.
PSD
I'm running the following command -
rsh <hostname> date
I'll look into the .rhosts file and see if there is anything obvious I have missed.
cheers
Nadim
PSD
I've added the source ip address into /etc/hosts on the target box.
Now when I run the command I get -
0826-813 - permission denied.
Also, anyone know where I can get info on these error codes, and general aix info online.
cheers
Nadim
PSD
This is the line from /etc/inetd.conf on the target box -
shell stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/rshd rshd
and this is on the source box -
shell stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/rshd rshd
How can I check if were running DNS or NIS ?.
Cheers
Nadim
I'm trying to run remote commands on the rs6000.
The command - rsh <hostname> date appears to be OK on all, but one of the hosts - I'm getting the error
rshd: 0826-826 The host name for your address is not known.
Can anyone help !!!!!!!!.
thanks
Hi nand
You may have already done this
But is the getty process running for the console
root 12675 1 0 01 Nov hft/0 0 /etc/getty /dev/console
Nadim
Technical Analyst
When U say first paragraph, which script are U referring to. The .profile, or the backup shell script.
We implemented this feature, by calling the backup script, from the .profile, when U login.
There is absolutely no way of breaking out. If U are going to call more menus, from the main menu...
Hi chuck
Although I agree, that if the user was allowed into smit, they could potentially do anything, if they were logged in as root. However, if you were going to login as a backup user, which had root privileges, but the user was logged into a backup menu, and smit wasn't used for the...
There would only be a security issue, if the user was given access to the command line, not if, for example you had a backup user id, which logged U straight into smit, or a backup shell script.
Hi
I dont know if you're still having problems. But, the only way to give a non-admin user root access, is to make the USER ID number of the user, identical to roots. You can't do this via - smit user, the only way, is to edit /etc/passwd. To stop the user from accesing the command line, change...
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