ssh to 2003 server exist immediately

[Andrew DeFaria]

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>> /etc/passwd and /etc/group are symlinks to a shared and up to date 
>>> copy of the output of mkpasswd/mkgroup. That's not the issue. As I 
>>> understand it, for sshd (or in.rlogind) to "switch user" it needs 
>>> special privileges. Indeed the documentation alludes to that. And 
>>> until I added those permissions to the sshd_server user ssh/rsh 
>>> would not work at all. (rsh, started from inetd that is as inetd was 
>>> also logging on as the sshd_server user). Still, while rsh works, 
>>> ssh refuses to work citing the error message above in 
>>> /var/log/sshd.log. IOW I can rsh <server> and get in. I can also rsh 
>>> <server> <command> and have <command> run on <server> (provided 
>>> /etc/passwd on <server> has a blank password for the user). However 
>>> I cannot ssh <server>. When I do so it prompts for the password then 
>>> abruptly logs out with the only clue left in 
>>> <server>:/var/log/sshd.log.
>> A little more info. rsh <server> works. rsh <server> <command> hangs!
>>
>> sons-clearcase:rsh sons-sc-cc
>> No directory /us/adefaria!
>> Logging in with home = "/".
>> Last login: Wed May 10 20:31:46 from sons-clearcase.salira.com
>> CYGWIN_NT-5.2 SONS-SC-CC 1.5.19(0.150/4/2) 2006-01-20 13:28 i686 Cygwin
>> WARNING: HOME directory did not exist! Logging in with HOME = /tmp
>>
>> adefaria@SONS-SC-CC ~
>> $ logout
>> rlogin: connection closed.
>> sons-clearcase:rsh sons-sc-cc id
>>
>> This is very frustrating because my client relies on a command I 
>> wrote called "smake" which essentially boils down to: "rsh <server> 
>> -n cd <directory> && make" that is intended to perform the make on 
>> <server>. As you can see it relies on rsh, passwordless login to 
>> <server> executing a command. But with this new 2003 server rsh 
>> <server> <command> hangs!
>>
>> Help!
> Are you sure you're not getting caught by the Windows rsh?
Positive:

$ which rsh
/bin/rsh
$ rsh --help
Usage: rsh [-nd] [-l USER] [USER@]HOST [COMMAND [ARG...]]
Execute COMMAND on remote system HOST

  -d, --debug                Turn on socket debugging
  -l USER, --user=USER       Run as USER on the remote system
  -n, --no-input             Use /dev/null as input
      --help                 Give this help list
  -V, --version              Print program version

Submit bug reports to <bug-inetutils@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
$ rsh sons-sc-cc id
<hangs>

I have seen in.rshd.exe.stackdump's but I forget where... Could this 
likewise be caused by that failure to load ws2_32.dll?
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