How to enable rsh/telnet/rlogin

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How to enable rsh/telnet/rlogin

Hi Followed the instructions at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106274

to enable rsh/telnet/rlogin services, and restarted the
machine (MacBook Pro, OS X 1.4, Darwin Kernel Version 8.6.1).
Still I can't remotely do telnet/rsh/rlogin to the mac
(get conenction refused error) from a Unix machine.

Could someone tell me how to enable these services
(right now ssh is the only one enabled by default,
the machine is within a firewall, and for some applications,
we need to enable rsh/rlgoin/telnet/ftp etc).

Thanks.

Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Apr 27, 2006 10:53 AM

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Apr 27, 2006 2:32 PM in response to Tony Z.

Hi Followed the instructions at:

ttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106274

to enable rsh/telnet/rlogin services, and restarted
the
machine (MacBook Pro, OS X 1.4, Darwin Kernel Version
8.6.1).
Still I can't remotely do telnet/rsh/rlogin to the
mac
(get conenction refused error) from a Unix machine.

[...]

If your firewall is activated
then you have to add 3 new filter rules:<pre>
Port Name: Other
TCP Port Number(s): 514
UDP Port Number(s):
Description: rsh

Port Name: Other
TCP Port Number(s): 513
UDP Port Number(s):
Description: rlogin

Port Name: Other
TCP Port Number(s): 23
UDP Port Number(s):
Description: telnet
</pre>

You don't have to restart your Mac or your session.
You could test it pretty quickly by doing a:<pre>
telnet localhost
rlogin localhost
rsh localhost pwd
</pre>

--
dan

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