Thanks Larry. Now i started xinetd services.
added "tcp port 514" and "rsh" exception in the windows firewall. added .rhosts file. enabled "rlogin" and "rsh" conf files under /etc/xinetd/. but it says connection timed out. do you have any idea? C:\Windows\system32>rsh vm-w8x64ostore2 hostname vm-w8x64ostore2.bedford.progress.com: Connection timed out Thanks & Regards, Divakar -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple