Hi All, I know someone answered this before but I have not figured out what my hosts.allow *.deney have to do with accessing another computer with RSH. Could someone be long winded on what I am doing wrong here. rsh -l sdjernes mail "/usr/lib/sendmail -qRsdjernes.clark.net" select: protocol failure in circuit setup that is the error I get when I try this command from my REDHAT 5.0 box or from the redhat box at work. It works from the other sun machine at my provider and it uste to work on this machine with a inferior linux distribution. Help Please Shawn -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.