Configuring the   rsh services in aix.

Step 1

 uncomment the following line in "/etc/inetd.conf"

shell   stream  tcp6    nowait  root    /usr/sbin/rshd         rshd



#  vi /etc/inetd.conf



## service  socket  protocol  wait/  user    server    server program
##  name     type             nowait         program     arguments
##
ftp     stream  tcp6    nowait  root    /usr/sbin/ftpd         ftpd
telnet  stream  tcp6    nowait  root    /usr/sbin/telnetd      telnetd -a 

shell   stream  tcp6    nowait  root    /usr/sbin/rshd         rshd


step 2
After making the changes in " /etc/inetd.conf" , you need to refresh the  inetd deamon.

  # refresh -s inetd

Step 3

 
Add the hosts from where you want to connect  to the   .rhosts  file  of the server






#  cd   ~

# vi .rhosts

server1
server2
server3










Kindly check  the permissions of this file also, it should be 600.

* Make sure that both files (/etc/hosts.equiv  & /.rhosts) have
permissions of 600; they're ignored otherwise.

  For non-root user's you need  to add  the hosts in the /etc/hosts.equiv  file.

 /.rhosts is used for  root rsh attempts.