You don't need the 'ls' at the end for rsh. I don't know what options you were trying to obtain from using it, but I didn't find anything about it in the man page. I tried the same thing you did and received the same results. However, you can see if you omit the 'ls' it works just fine.
<1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ >rsh localhost ls Permission denied. <2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ >rsh localhost Password: Last login: Mon Mar 10 12:44:09 from :0.0 I hope this helps. Dennis On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > I want to use rsh, but I found: > > $ rsh localhost ls > Permission denied. > > What I must change (for example in hosts.allow) to run it? > > Thanks. > -- > Andrea Arcangeli > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.imola.queen.it/user/arcangeli/ > > ================================================================= | dpk | | | DECS, Systems Undergrad | It is better for them to think you | =========================== a fool, than to open your mouth | | work: 353.8892 | and prove it. -Mark Twain | | page: 253.0724 | | =================================================================