How to start rshd on fedora

[dans45]

Hello, I've just downloaded and installed Fedora distribution and tried to install all of the network server options. I still cannot seem to start "rshd" which I need for my application. I don't even have a /etc/inetd.conf file to modify. Please help. What do I need to install to make this work?

 

[w33mhz]

have you tried /etc/init.d/rshd start or /etc/rc.d/init.d/rshd start ?

 

[w33mhz]

if you don't have an inetd.conf file you defintely are going to have some issues. I would go and install all the network stuff off of your CD(S)

 

[GunnarD]

Fedora use xinetd.

Look in /etc/xinetd.d direcotry.

 

[QatQat]

how about testing if it is installed?


rpm -qi rsh


if it is not installed then

yum install rsh


W33mhz, rsh is not a normal daemon (found in /etc/init.d/), so you will need xinetd in order for it to work as GunnarD suggests.

Fedora does not install xinetd by default anymore so

yum install xinetd

will get it for you. You can then enable it by editing the correct script in /etc/xinetd.d/ and setting "disable = no"


Cheers

QatQat


If I could have sex each time I reboot my server, I would definitely prefer Windoz over Linux!

 

[dans45]

Thanks for the help. I have rsh and xinetd running now. Now I'm trying to set up rlogin and rsh to allow login without having to enter password each time. Don't worry, the system is on a private network. When I rlogin or rsh without a userid it assumes "root" and always prompts for a password. I learned that there are /etc/host* files to modify..basically adding a "+" to /etc/hosts.equiv, "ALL:ALL" to /etc/hosts.allow, removing entries in /etc/hosts.deny and modifying a couple of lines in /etc/pam.d/rlogin and /etc/pam.d/rsh : comment out "auth required pam_securetty.so" and edit line to read "auth required pam_rhosts_auth.so hosts_equiv_rootok promiscuous". I also added a file /root/.rhosts with the line "+" in it. Still when I rsh or rlogin I have to enter a password. Any ideas on how to get around this?