Problem with PVM on CYGWIN
Vince Hoffman
Vince.Hoffman@uk.circle.com
Fri Mar 21 17:25:00 GMT 2003
Hmm well ssh will definately allow passwordless logins etc and as far as i
know rsh will too. the only limitations being that you wont get windows
network access.
could you use that instead ? (i dont know what PVM is)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Onur SOYSAL [mailto:soysal@ceng.metu.edu.tr]
> Sent: 21 March 2003 14:33
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Problem with PVM on CYGWIN
>
>
> Hello,
> I'm trying to run PVM3.4.4 on CYGWIN 1.3.3. PVM requires an rsh/rexec
> connection to host machines WITHOUT password. My final aim is
> to create a
> pvm slave machine in cygwin.
>
> Here are the steps I follow:
>
> 1- I install CYGWIN
> 2- config inetd using iu-config
> 3- change hosts.allow as follows
>
> sshd: ALL
> rshd: ALL
>
> 4- start inetd as a service (using inetd --install-as-service and net
> start inetd)
> 5- write a .rhosts file (this file works on redhat 7.3 systems)
> 6- i can start pvm deamon from local windows machine using cygwin bash
> shell and it works.
>
> but i can't run commands without password, so pvm can't start
> deamon on my
> cygwin/windows system remotely.
> I read it is not possible to login into accounts that require password
> without password .So as far as I understand the .rhosts authorization
> mechanism doesn't work with cygwin.
>
> * How can I solve this problem of running pvm on cygwin?
>
> * Also does rsh use any init script (like .profile) to set environment
> options.
>
> -Onur Soysal
>
> Middle East Technical University
> Computer Engineering Dept.
> soysal@ceng.metu.edu.tr
>
>
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