Subject: Re: Solution for rcp + NIS?
To: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@chassiron.ensta.fr>
List: current-users
Date: 02/09/1998 14:07:43
On Feb 6, Andrew Gillham wrote
>
> Has anyone worked out a solution for the rcp problems when you
> have NIS enabled? The symptoms being:
> rcp: rcp: rshrcmd: setuid(0): Operation not permitted
>
> I use rcp to copy router configs off and stuff them into cvs, and
> I've been having problems since I upgraded to 1.3. If it hasn't
> been send-pr'd, I can submit one.
>
Hum, I don't have any problems with rcp or rsh, and I use both a lot,
either as root or regular user. You should double-check your setup,
and especially programs wich sould be root suid, and may have lost their
suid bit.
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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.
email: bouyer@rp.lip6.fr
bouyer@ensta.fr
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