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Configuring rexec on Solaris

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by v_legaspi

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Can anyone give or point me to some good step-by-step documentation on how to set up a Solaris (2.6, 7, or 8) machine to service rexec requests? I'm talking from ground zero to getting a client to actually use it.

So far, I just know to look at /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services... but am not really sure what to do next.

TIA,
Verna

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by cavedweller

My users regularly use rsh to run remote jobs. Setup an account with the permissions you want remote users to have. In that account's home directory add a ".rhosts" file in which there are lines with pairs of entries "machine username" for every machine/user combination you want to have remote access. Set the .rhosts permissions to 600. Remote clients can run jobs with "rsh machine -l username your_command_goes_here" using the username you setup for remote access. My users do this to theirown account. The most frequent use is to start a terminal on a developmwnt system and display it back on their NT desktop using "rsh machine -n -l username /usr/dt/bin/dtterm -display ..." with the machine, user and display names filled in.

Not exactly what you asked for but it might work for you. Good Luck!

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