Original question:
>A week ago I sent an inquiry concerning remote backup up and Permission
denied
>errors. Now I discover the error is coming from the system whose files I
want
>to back up not from the system which has the tape drive.
>
>If I put machine A's, the system with the tape drive, name in the .rhosts
file >on machine A and do a rsh machine A ls that works. If I put machine
B's name, >the system whose file system I want to backup, in it's .rhosts
file and do a
>rsh machine B ls I get a Permission denied error. If I put machine B's name
>in machine A's .rhosts file and do a rsh machine B ls on Machine A that
works.
>If I put machine A's name in machine B's .rhosts file and do a rsh machine
A >ls on machine B I get a Permission deneid error.
>
>Now that you and I are completely confused, any ideas why machine B is
being >stubborn?
The answer is:
I had set a second IP address for a second Class C address on my interface
in the /etc/rc.config file. I had done this earlier in order to get machines
on that subnet to see my Samba server. Since then I have set up a DNS server
and no longer need that but have never removed it. Anyway, I talked to
Digital
Customer Support and they had me telnet in from one machine to the other.
Then they had me do a last|more. The address that I came in from was that
second IP address. When I put that address in the .rhosts file and the
/etc/hosts.equiv file everything worked like a champ.
Amazing what little things will mess one up.
Paul Crittenden
Computer System Manager
Simpson College
e-mail: crittend_at_simpson.edu
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Received on Thu Jul 30 1998 - 17:18:48 NZST