As you said, I installed rsh-server. Removing the symbolic links, the package, and reinstalling rs-redone-server fixed the problem. Regards,
ps. sorry for the late answer. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Brian J. Murrell <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, indeed, this is a problem with the rsh-server package. The problem > is that per libpam-modules: > > pam (1.1.0-3) unstable; urgency=low > > * pam_rhosts_auth module obsolete, symlink removed > > The pam_rhosts_auth module was dropped upstream prior to the lenny > release and a compatibility symlink provided in the libpam-modules > package, pointing at the new (and not 100% compatible) pam_rhosts > module. This symlink has now been dropped. If you still have > references to pam_rhosts_auth in your /etc/pam.d/* config files, you > will need to fix these, since they no longer work. > > For information on using pam_rhosts, see the pam_rhosts(8) manpage. > > -- Steve Langasek <[email protected]> Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:17:16 -0700 > > Yet in /etc/pam.d/rsh from rsh-server: > > auth required pam_nologin.so > auth required pam_env.so > auth required pam_rhosts_auth.so > account required pam_unix_acct.so > session required pam_unix_session.so > > -- > Unable to login using .rhosts > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/582858 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “netkit-rsh” package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Everytime I try to login via rlogin using the .rhosts file, I get back a > "Permission denied" message, and I'm prompted for the password. > > I checked the error messages from /var/log/auth.log, and it seems a few > libraries are missing from /lib/security. In particular I needed to symlink a > few of them before succeeding with the no-password login: > > # ln -s pam_rhosts.so pam_rhosts_auth.so > # ln -s pam_unix.so pam_unix_session.so > # ln -s pam_unix.so pam_unix_acct.so > > Is this a known problem or not? > > Hope this could help. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > Package: rsh-server 0.17-14ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Wed May 19 16:00:22 2010 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318) > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: netkit-rsh > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netkit-rsh/+bug/582858/+subscribe > -- Matteo Landi http://www.matteolandi.net/ -- Unable to login using .rhosts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/582858 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
