rsh working or not working

[strudl]

I have installed rsh/rlogin on a redhat 7.3 to permit parallel application by rsh, when I logged in to one of the accounts as a user to check if its working, it says 'permission denied', however when changed to su, it allowed it, how can I change it such that all users can rsh to the slave box, also it appears that rsh timed out, is it true or my imagination if so, how can I change that too such that the application completes w/o been timed out.

[mdwatts]

Since I do not have any rsh experience, I'll just refer you to these G4L search results for 'rsh user permission' (http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=rsh+user+permission&btnG=Google+Search). Those should give you the solution.

Then try searching G4L again for 'rsh timeout' as you may find what config file you need to modify the change the rsh default timeout.

[brtklt]

Are your .rhosts files set up correctly in your user's home directories? You might want to read three manpages 1) hosts.equiv 2) hosts.allow 3) .rhosts

I use rcp here and there and have had problems similar to yours but once you figure it out it's simple