root rsh not work

I have two Redhat 8.0 PCs. I can rsh to each another with
my account. But cannot do so. I have put .rhosts files in
/ and in /root and still not work. Why?

Regards,
Johnny

Johnny Yan wrote:[color=blue]
> I have two Redhat 8.0 PCs. I can rsh to each another with
> my account. But cannot do so. I have put .rhosts files in
> / and in /root and still not work. Why?
>
> Regards,
> Johnny[/color]

Consider using "ssh" instead. Remote Shell is part of the not-so-secure
suite of plain-text tools that you really shouldn't be using in the first
place.

I use Debian but this is worth a try anyways:
Look for a /etc/pam.d/rlogin file. You can add

auth sufficient pam_rootok.so

to the top to allow for root rsh (I use this in my beowulf cluster
where security isn't an issue. If your computer is on the internet,
check out ssh).

auth sufficient pam_rhosts_auth.so

will provide the .rhosts access. These are turned off in most
distros for security reasons.