Dear managers,
        Because of a hardware failure in our Computer Center, I have to
install the LAT subset on my client stations running DU v4.0B.  Since they
do not have CD-ROM drives, I must use RIS to do this.  The RIS setup succeeds
on the server garfield.  However when I type
        setld -l garfield:
on a client, it tells me it can't initialize garfield.  Further examination
reveals that the command in setld (which is a script) that fails is this:
        rsh -l ris garfield echo "Hello"
(which tests that rsh works).  The message is permission denied.  Attempts to
use rsh without an -l option succeed.
        I have checked the following:
1) The rshd daemon is enabled in /etc/inetd.config on the server (without the
-l option).  An kill -HUP has been issued to the inetd daemon.
2) /etc/hosts.equiv on the server contains both the short and long names of the
client stations.  The file has 755 permission and is owned by bin:bin.
3) /.rhosts on the server also contains the short and long names of the client
stations.  The file has 400 permission and is owned by root:system.
4) We use C2 security.  I can log into the ris account directly on the server
with no problems.  edauth reveals failed login attempts that seem to correlate
directly with the use of setld (or a direct rsh -l) on the client.  I cleared
the failed attempts so that the ris account would not lock up.
        Any clues?
                                                        Larry
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Larry Griffith                       Dept. of Computer & Info Science
larry_at_garfield.wsc.mass.edu          Westfield State College
(413) 572-5294                       Westfield, MA 01086 USA
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http://garfield.wsc.mass.edu/dcis/griffith.html
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Received on Fri Mar 27 1998 - 16:14:18 NZST