RE: RH 5.0, PAM, and rlogin (and rsh, etc.)

Steve Borho (borho@stlnet.com)
Fri, 02 Jan 1998 18:23:16 -0600 (CST)

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On 02-Jan-98 Tom Browder wrote:
> Just got RH 5.0 up and running on Alpha--once more
> PAM seems to be in the way--can't use rlogin and
> rhs without explicitly entering password (i.e.,
> .rhosts file is apparently not used).
>
> I found a so-called minimum PAM configuration in RH 5.0
> Sys Admin PAM docs, but using it doesn't seem to help.
> If anyone knows a way to either (1) get rid of PAM or
> (2) allow old-style rlogin use, please let me know.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tom Browder
>

a common .rhosts issue is to verify that there are no group read or write
rights for it.

chmod 600 .rhosts

and try it again. This one caught me.

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Steve Borho <borho@stlnet.com>

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