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RE: /etc/passwd "unused_by_nt/2000/xp" field breaks non-interactive r sh


Thanks Larry, I found the thread, and it turns out that my problem was that
the .rhosts file needs to have permission of 644.  I had 666, so rshd
obviously enforces that the file only be writeable by the owner.  I'm told
that sshd also has similar rules for it's private keys.  Apparently this has
nothing to do with Cygwin, and is how rshd/ssld are implemented, obviously
for security.

Regards,

Steven

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall@rfk.com]
Sent: Thursday, 7 November 2002 1:45 AM
To: Reddie, Steven; cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: /etc/passwd "unused_by_nt/2000/xp" field breaks
non-interactive r sh


At 12:53 AM 11/6/2002, Reddie, Steven wrote:
>I've setup the latest Cygwin on a new machine and can do interactive rsh
but
>not non-interactive.  I found that I can get non-interactive rsh to work if
>I remove the "unused_by_nt/2000/xp" string from /etc/passwd for the user
>that I wish to rsh in as.  I'm sure that the problem must be elsewhere, but
>this is the only information I have so far.  Any ideas?



Check the email archives within the last week or so.  There was a discussion
on just this issue which you may find useful.



Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX



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