[SunHELP] Strange rsh problem from 2.8 to AIX, HP-UX

[Robin Kay]

This seems to be because AIX rshd will not use
/etc/hosts for the reverse name resolution if
resolv.conf exists.  The host had to be available
under DNS.

All working okay now.

 --- Robin Kay <robinckay at yahoo.com> wrote: > Date:
Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:33:41 +1100 (EST)
> From: Robin Kay <robinckay at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Strange rsh problem from 2.8 to AIX, HP-UX 
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> 
> A question appeared on this list in late May 2001
> about a problem with rshd on AIX returning:
> "rshd: 0826-823 Cannot look up the address for your
> host" for apparently valid rsh commands.
> 
> There was no followup to the thread back then.  I
> wonder if anyone solved the problem.  We are getting
> this same error message now, even though networking
> and permissions appear to be set up correctly.  
> 
> Both hosts can ping each other, rlogin works, telnet
> works.  rsh without a command works.  But rsh with a
> command returns this message.
> 
> Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Robin Kay
> 
> 
> 
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Robin Kay
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