Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:41:16 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@argus> To: danny@panda.hilink.com.au (Daniel O'Callaghan) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rsh and ppp Message-ID: <199704170541.AAA15389@argus> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970417142056.10264K-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> from "Daniel O'Callaghan" at Apr 17, 97 02:23:08 pm
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In reply: > On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, John Prince wrote: > > > Why does the rsh command not work when alias is enabled with ppp? > > I get the error ... > > "select: protocol failure in circuit setup" > > This happens only on ppp connections. On the local net rsh works fine. > > Release 2.2.1-RELEASE.. > > Sounds like an rsh emulation is not built into the NAT/alias code. rsh > sets up a separate connection for stderr, which is established from > server to client. Since you are running with a NAT, the server can't set > up the extra connection to the client. If you can, run sshd on the > server and use ssh in place of rsh. ssh only uses a single stream. i highly recommend running sshd and friends! "Just Say No" in /etc/inetd!!!! sshd can also do encrypted x forwarding through an ssh/sshd connection... jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@tfs.net - KC5VDJ 2M, 70cm, KPC-3+ - kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam
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