Solaris

hello guys,
am trying to save a file file1 to a remote tape drive using tar and i get a permission denied error as shown below:

server1%tar cvf - file1 | rsh server2 dd of=/dev/rmt/1m conv=sync
a file1 1883905K
permission denied

since server2 requires login username and password, i see in this that server2 is thus needing a username and pasword as for the rsh? i tried:

server1%tar cvf - file1 | rsh server2 -l username dd of=/dev/rmt/1m conv=sync
a file1 1883905K
permission denied

but had the same permission denied result.

how may i include the password in my command to be able to get through to server2? rsh manual entry only shows me the rsh username option rsh -l.


thanks in advance for the help and tip!

You can't include the password on the command line. And even if you could, writing the password in a script in plaintext is a bad idea. Anyway, why don't you make entries in the user2's .rhosts file on server2?

The entry should be like 'user1 server1' or 'server1 user1'. I seem to have forgotten the format... Its been a while since I worked with .rhosts file. Check the manual for the exact format

dear moderator blowtorch,

as you have instructed, i had my problem now already fixed. i can now save files using tar on a remote tape drive. i created a .rhost file on server2 with server1's user in it. but it required me also adding server1's hostname on server2's hosts.equiv file, as i had read it in the manual in http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man4/rhosts.4.asp

thank you so much the help and for bothering giving me this tip.

regards and more power,

nom

Just be very careful. The .rhosts and the hosts.equiv files are considered to be serious security problems.