Re: HP network not allowing client server to work

> > > We are getting the following error when trying to > > access a remote database from a client workstation > > to a database server ( all HP 9000/700 machines ). > > > 956: Client is not in /etc/hosts.equiv on the remote host.> > FWIW, I used to get that even if the host was listed in /etc/hosts.equiv > if there was no entry for the client host in .rhosts on the server. This > was, however, running SE and I-Net but it may be worth checking. > > > Stuart > 8-) > We use an entry in the .rhosts file which is much more secure. If you have an entry in hosts.equiv then that person can log into the server machine as ANY other user. The .rhosts entry alone is enough. BUT... you need to fully specify the address of the machines in question. For example: hpbs9991.boi.hp.com jparker hpbs9990.boi.hp.com jparker The first machine being the server itself, the second being the client. The first entry is required because IStar is going to spawn a process from the server to the server - so you need the ability to rlogin as yourself. j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker | Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| If you put all of the lawyers in jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com | this country end to end, (208) 396-5388 (W) (208) 384-1623 (H) | it would be a good thing. _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________