Remote Shell access denied

[rih5342]

Hi Networkers,

I get an access denied when using remote shell.

I've created a user account called parallel with administrative privileges
on both machines.

I log on to both machines as parallel.

On both machines, under My_Computer\Manage\Computer_Management\
Services_and_Applications\Services\
Remote_Shell_Service, under the Log_On tab,
I select This_Account, browse to the
Parallel user account, and enter a password
(same as for logon).

I start the remote shell service on both machines.

The following is entered from a command prompt on the local computer.

rsh remote_computer_name -lparallel cmd

And if this matters, I had McAfee firewall
installed, have uninstalled it, and still get the
access denied.

All help appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[Guest]

Look in the "Tools help" of Windows 2000 Resource Kit, look for rsh, and
navigate to "Remote Shell Service Security". There you'll find all you need
to get rid of the access denied problem.
BUT: I noticed an error in this procedure, i.e.: you need a file
%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\.rhost (WITH the dot): the procedure just
mentions an RHOSTS-file (without dot). In this file you must have entries like
<machinename>.<domain> <user1> <user2> ...
This means: server or workstation <machinename> can have rsh-access to this
computer when logged on under name <user1> or <user2> ...
Don't forget to restart your rsh-service after creating/changing the
..rhosts-file.

Good luck,

Peter