Hi everyone;
I got a swift reply from Anthony D'Atri <aad_at_nwnet.net>. Thanks!
The problem is that rdist has to run with suid bit set. The workaround
is:
1) run it as root ( Setting up /.rhosts is always a bad idea, though)
or
2) suid rdist (who knows if there is a hidden bug in rdist ...)
or
3) get USC version of rdist (ftp.usc.edu/pub/rdist/). I am looking into
this option.
Thank you for your attention and help.
--Wei
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Wei Wu
Supervisor, Scientific Computing
Washington University, Campus Box 1105
St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
phone (1)314-935-4746
fax (1)314-935-6219
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On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Wu Wei 314-935-4746 wrote:
> Hi everyone;
> I tried to run "rdist" from an Sun Sparc machine (SunOS 4.1.3) to a DEC
> 3000 (OSF/1 3.2c), and got this error message:
>
> updating host xxxx
> rcmd: socket: Permission denied
>
> But it worked ok from DEC to Sun.
> Similar problem happened between Linux (1.1.59) and DEC.
>
> Of course "rsh" works between the machines. I was able to do "rdist"
> between DECs and between DEC and SGI (IRIX 5.3).
>
> I suspect there is some version compatibility problem between
> rdist/rdistd .
> Could somebody elaborate on this issue? Is there any quick fix other
> than to upgrade the OS?
>
> Thanks a lot;
>
> Wei Wu
>
Received on Fri Mar 01 1996 - 01:56:03 NZDT