I ran into the same thing recently. I have entries in my /etc/hosts file for a number of clients(X , Y and Z). This now works!!!
You suggested that "DNS would have worked fine too". I have my Linux machine pointing to a WINS/DNS server on NT. I can resolve the host names for machines X, Y and Z but still needed to add X, Y and Z to /etc/hosts. Am I missing something? I also tried /etc/hosts.allow with " rexecd: ALL " but it didn't work. I think adding host names to /etc/hosts could easily become cumbersome. I hope there would be an easier solution. What does everyone else think? Rob ---- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Smrcina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 5:35 PM Subject: Re: REXEC hang > Argghhh... > > OK. I seem to have solved my own problem. Actually Jeff Barnard solved it > for me this morning, but after he gave me the solution I switched the machine > I was testing on and completely forgot to implement his solution on the new > machine... duh! > > The solution was to add the host name of the client machine to the hosts file > (DNS would have worked fine too). > > > On Monday 03 June 2002 04:11 pm, you wrote: > > I am trying to set up REXEC to run on a Linux for S/390 machine. I'll > > stipulate to all of the commentary about security... It seems that any > > client that tries to connect is getting hung. I tried from Linux on Intel > > and Windows NT, they both just sit after entering the password. > > > > In the /var/log/messages file on the 390 I get: > > Jun 3 16:04:16 webdev inetd[185]: pid 660: exit status 1 > > > > And in /var/log/secure: > > Jun 3 16:04:16 webdev in.rexecd[660]: connect from 172.17.1.100 > > > > This seems to indicate to me that the connection is being accepted, but > > that for some reason the command itself is failing. I'm using very simple > > commands (eg: df, ls -al). > > > > inetd.conf was modified to uncomment the exec service and hosts.allow wa s > > modified to allow in.rexecd from local machines. > > > > This is Turbolinux with kernel 2.2.19. > > -- > Rich Smrcina > Sytek Services, Inc. > Milwaukee, WI > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Catch the WAVV! Stay for Requirements and the Free for All! > Update your S/390 skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. > WAVV 2003 in Winston-Salem, NC. > April 25-29, 2003 > For details see http://www.wavv.org
