The answer turned out to be the XPG_SUS_ENV environment variable. This
was put into /etc/environment. Removing it and rebooting has solved
the problem.
This is a discussion on rcmd2: socket: Addr family not supported by protocol - Aix ; I am getting a really strange error as below: # rsh 172.20.199.75 rcmd2: socket: Addr family not supported by protocol # rsh 127.0.0.1 date rcmd2: socket: Addr family not supported by protocol # rlogin 172.20.199.75 rcmd2: socket: Addr family not ...
I am getting a really strange error as below:
# rsh 172.20.199.75
rcmd2: socket: Addr family not supported by protocol
# rsh 127.0.0.1 date
rcmd2: socket: Addr family not supported by protocol
# rlogin 172.20.199.75
rcmd2: socket: Addr family not supported by protocol
# rexec 172.20.199.75 date
Name (mcsjl43l:root): root
Password (mcsjl43l:root):
rexec: bind: Addr family not supported by protocol
I'm on AIX 5.3, Technology level 3:
# oslevel -s
5300-03-00
Can anybody suggest any reason for this behaviour? Bit stumped.
Thanks
Chris
The answer turned out to be the XPG_SUS_ENV environment variable. This
was put into /etc/environment. Removing it and rebooting has solved
the problem.